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Deep end: Cr Leigh Eustace, front, Peter Greer of Mt Eliza Association For Environmental Care and Jeff Yugovic of Mt Eliza Coastcare inspect the Lew family pool allegedly built on Crown land at Mt Eliza earlier this. Mt Eliza conservationists will conduct an inspection of the pool area on Sunday after a working bee in nearby Sturio Pde. Picture: Keith Platt

Protesters’ open pool day By Mike Hast MT Eliza conservationists on Sunday morning plan to inspect the Lew family pool allegedly built on Crown land overlooking the beach near the end of Kunyung Ave. The “protest” visit has been organised by Mt Eliza Coastcare and Mt Eliza Association For Environmental Care.

People will access the Moondah Beach foreshore site from public land late morning following a working bee beside the nearby Sturio Pde path, which the shire has recently upgraded. The entrance to the property owned by billionaire clothing retailer Solomon Lew and his daughter Jacqueline Lew is near the corner of Sturio Pde and Osprey Ave.

The property, believed to be worth more than $2.5 million, is used as a holiday retreat by Jacqueline Lew and also has an indoor pool. On 8 August, Mornington Peninsula Shire ordered the demolition of the horizon pool within 21 days under the Building Act. It was drained on Friday 12 August. The shire’s municipal building sur-

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Manchurian a poplar replacement THE northern main entrance to Mornington is about to change as ageing poplars are replaced along Nepean Hwy. Clearing of the trees in the highway’s centre median strip began on Tuesday. VicRoads said the poplar trees had to go for safety reasons. The decision follows “several years” of discussions about the trees between Mornington Peninsula Shire and VicRoads, which manages the highway. The trees are in various stages of decline and have been hit by prolonged dry periods. The shire says the replacement trees will “retain the gateway avenue affect into the future, while ensuring clear zones are delivered”. Its news release says the poplars will be replaced with Pyrus callyerana (Manchurian pear), which is described as an upright deciduous ornamental tree with spring blossom and great autumn colour. Manchurian pears are seen as being “an ideal street or specimen tree … widely used in many situations including as a feature, a shade tree, in parks, lining driveways and avenues, under powerlines and in nature strips”. Native to China and Vietnam, they grow to about seven metres high and four metres wide, with blossom in spring and coloured leaves in autumn. The trees are also said to split with age and have limbs that can be lost during high winds. They are also susceptible to fireblight, a disease that Australian apple and pear growers have for years used as a reason to ban fruit imports from New Zealand. Keith Platt

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Outdoor ed: Students from Sorrento and Osborne primary schools at Point Nepean with Sorrento primary teacher Lenka Brereton and David Ponsford of Parks Victoria.

POINT Nepean became a centre for education on the first day of spring with primary school pupils attending workshops, receiving presentations and going on field trips. The 130 pupils came from eight primary schools: Boneo, Dromana, Mt Martha, Eastbourne (Rosebud), Sorrento, Our Lady of Fatima (Rosebud) and Peninsula School (Mt Eliza). Dolphin expert Judy Muir and coastal ecologist Gidja Walker spoke to the pupils about the natural and cultural environment of Point Nepean. Education Minister and MP for Nepean Martin Dixon said the pupils had been given “a unique opportunity to step out of the classroom for a day and swap roles with their teachers”. “Today’s event is a wonderful opportunity for students from our local primary schools to be able to lead the debate on the environment,” he said. “Point Nepean National Park, renowned as one of Victoria’s most stunning and diverse national parks, is the perfect spot to learn in.” Students gave presentations and led workshops on their chosen environmental topics, including living sustainably, waste, recycling and biodiversity.

Time turns on pit bulls By Keith Platt THERE are just four American pit bulls registered with Mornington Peninsula Shire. However, rangers are chasing up six leads about dangerous dogs phoned in to the state government’s dob-in-a-dog hotline. Owners of restricted breed dogs have just weeks to contact the shire to avoid having their pets seized and put down. The American pit bulls are the only type of restricted breed dogs mentioned in the latest legislation that are legally allowed in Australia. Amendments to laws dealing with dangerous dogs were rushed through state parliament last month after a four-year-old girl was killed in her own home by a neighbour’s American pit bull. In Frankston there are seven known restricted breed dogs and no one has yet come forward to register their dog before the amnesty ends on Friday 30 September.

However, concerns are now being raised over breeds that are not covered by the legislation, including the Johnson American bulldog (used as a pig dog in Australia), and the Chinese and Japanese fighting dogs, sharpei and akita respectively. The shire says it has a fair but firm policy of dealing with owners of unregistered dangerous dogs. “While the shire actively supports the thousands of responsible dog owners in our community by providing a range of positive services, the relatively small number of irresponsible people whose dogs pose a threat to community safety can expect to be dealt with fairly, but in accordance with legislation provided by the state government,” Paul Bonnici, who leads the shire’s rangers, said. “In particular, people who own dogs that attack may be prosecuted in the courts, where significant penalties and costs may be imposed.” American pit bulls will be identified

by a “breed standard” drawn up by the government. The shire has now asked for advice from the Department of Primary Industries about what to do about crossbreed pit bull dogs. The legislation says owners of restricted breed dogs must register them by the end of this month after which the dogs will be impounded and destroyed. The shire wants the government to help pay for the extra time taken by rangers to track down restricted breed dogs. Mr Bonnici said the legislation was aimed at identifying “a greater number of dogs which the state government believes to be of a type that pose a threat to the safety of our community”. “The intention of the legislation is for these dog types to be permanently removed from existence in our community; either by desexing those that have been registered (so they cannot reproduce), or by seizing and destroying those restricted breed dogs that have not been registered,” he stated in

response to questions from The News. “Shire rangers currently make annual inspections of all premises keeping registered restricted breed dogs, as well as those premises keeping dogs that have been declared to be menacing or dangerous dogs. “These annual inspections are programmed by shire rangers to ensure ongoing compliance with the stringent requirements for keeping such dogs. “At this time, the Mornington Peninsula Shire has only registered four restricted breed dogs, all American pit bull terriers.” Frankston Council has two “animal registration officers” doorknocking houses to check for unregistered cats or dogs. Future doorknocks will include looking for restricted breed dogs. “Any dogs or cats found to be unregistered may result in the property owner or occupier being issued with a $244 penalty infringement notice,” CEO George Modrich said. “Frankston Council responds to all

complaints regarding allegations of aggressive and restricted breed dogs.” Mr Modrich said there were seven dangerous dogs registered in Frankston and no other had “taken advantage” of the amnesty to register their pet. One dangerous dog had been put down since specific legislation was introduced in November 2005. “Every dog owner has a legal obligation to register their dog at the age of three months with their local government authority in the municipality in which they reside,” Mr Modrich said. “All new applicants for dog registration must sign a declaration stating whether or not their dog is a restricted breed dog.” Mr Modrich said his council promoted responsible pet ownership “in all our council communications”, including new items and advertisements in local newspapers; council’s corporate website; monthly Paw Tails and Whispers newsletter; the annual Pets’ Day Out; and school education programs.

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Shire finds ally in its bid to stay the same By Keith Platt THE Victorian Electoral Commission has recommended that the Mornington Peninsula continue having 11 singlecouncillors wards. The VEC’s position after the first round of submissions into its review of electoral representation is the same as that held by Mornington Peninsula Shire. Keeping the status quo is one of three options being considered and will be open to discussion at a public meeting in Rosebud next month. Written responses to the preliminary report must be made by 5pm on Wednesday 5 October. The VEC has also adopted what seems a conservative approach in Frankston, where it recommends retaining nine councillors elected from three three-councillor wards, a position also favoured by the incumbent council. Final decisions will be announced in November. However, both municipalities will see some changes to ward boundaries. The other options for the peninsula are: Option B: that the peninsula has 11 councillors elected from six wards with two three-councillor wards, one two-councillor ward, and three singlecouncillor wards.

Option C: that the shire has 11 councillors elected from five wards with one four-councillor ward, three twocouncillor wards and one single-councillor ward. Option D: that the shire has 11 councillors elected from four wards with three three-councillor wards and one two-councillor ward. Of the 42 submissions received by the VEC, 13 wanted to retain the existing single-councillor ward structure – including the shire – while 27 advocated having more than one councillor in each ward. Two submissions argued against having separate wards. Cr David Gibb – a former two-time mayor and a councillor since 1997 when councillors were first elected after amalgamation of the shires of Flinders, Hastings and Mornington – said the shire suggested reducing the number of councillors to nine, arguing that there was no remarkable change in workload when the number of councillors was increased following the previous review. The VEC said several submissions had raised concerns about the shire mounting its own campaign to keep the status but this was outside the scope of the review and could not be taken into account. While noting “the dramatic increase

in the number of uncontested wards in Mornington Peninsula Shire, from one in 2005 to six in 2008” the VEC said the existing single-councillor wards “reflects the localised historical and geographic communities of interest that exist within the shire”. “This option may provide residents with a more local level of representation and allow councillors to be more familiar with their constituents.” “Dramatically increased” populations in Truemans and Rye wards had caused the VEC to change some boundaries, which will split “existing localities in a way that may fracture existing communities of interest”. While agreeing it was best to keep things as they are, the VEC warned “there is a concern that single-councillor wards may have an undesired effect of limiting the choice for voters by leading to a situation where wards are uncontested at local council elections, as was the experience for six of the 11 wards in Mornington Peninsula Shire in 2008”. The public hearing will be held at 6pm on Wednesday 12 October at the council chamber, 90 Besgrove St, Rosebud. People can speak at the hearing if they have requested to do so in their formal submission.

Long shot: The pier from Mills Beach. The lower, middle section has been rebuilt at a cost of $3.5 million, but doubts remain over the opening of the outer part.

Pier review, inspection THE opening date for Mornington pier will be announced at a works inspection on Monday 19 September. Mornington MP David Morris and Parks Victoria officials will inspect the middle, 53-metre section of the pier and set a date. The section has been rebuilt at a cost of about $3.5 million. Workmen installing decking are just weeks away from completing the task, which has been delayed by bad weather. Mr Morris and Parks Victoria met on 17 August to discuss the condition of the outer, 75-metre part of the pier. The MP said reports about the state of the section had been completed but Parks engineers disagreed with some aspects of a consultant’s findings. “There have been discussions about the integrity of the structure,” he said.

“The bottom line is there is much work to be done to the outer section before it is fully functional.” Mr Morris said he was unsure if the entire pier would be opened. The News reported earlier this year an initial report found about 20 per cent of piles on the outer section had failed and were not supporting the top deck. Half of the remaining 80 per cent were in average condition. Cost to repair the section has been esitmated at $9.5 million. The pier was closed last April after a storm damaged piles and dislodged dozens of top deck timbers. Two more storms in August and September with winds of about 60 knots further weakened the iconic structure. Mike Hast

Late plea over park tower plan JENNY Wadsworth is hoping Mornington Peninsula Shire will take a last minute stand to stop a telecommunications tower being built at Mt Martha Park. She says the shire has issued a permit for the tower to be built 50m off Park Rd but could still refuse to lease the land on which it is proposed to be built. The lease issue will come before council’s 12 September meeting. The tower will be disguised as a gum tree. Ms Wadsworth says at least two councillors have previously opposed telecommunications towers in green wedge farmland and hopes they will also oppose “a commercial structure” in the park. “Having it there would be a contradiction. Council’s natural resources team has been working hard to replant this area and eradicate weeds,” she said.

Ms Wadsworth said the site chosen for the tower had been burned out three times by bushfires. “This is not appropriate for a public reserve and I don’t know of anywhere else where this has happened. “If you’re going into a park, that’s what you want to see, a park. “Is this the thin end of the wedge for commercial development in reserves?” Council received nine submissions against the tower and one from Mt Martha Fire Brigade which suggested using the rent income to lessen fire dangers in the park. Under the permit agreement council will receive $20,000 a year from Optus in return for allowing it to build a 23 metre high tower in the 52 hectare park. The 2.4m high fence around the tower will enclose a six by eight metre area.

Search for port board members THE search is on for members of the new Port of Hastings Development Authority. Ports minister Denis Napthine said the board would provide strategic direction for the planning and development of Hastings as a second Victorian container port. “This will be one of the state’s largest infrastructure projects and will help secure the future of the Victorian freight industry through the remainder of the century,” Dr Napthine said. “The development of Hastings is of monumental importance and once appointed, the board will be tasked with one of state’s largest infrastructure projects. “The board will play a key role in securing the future of the Victorian imports and exports for the remainder of the century. This vital task is imperative for the continued growth of the state economy. “On top of overseeing the development of a second container facility, the board will also contribute to the development of Hastings’ existing

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bulk and break bulk port facilities.” The minister said prospective board members would have skills including strategic planning, organisation and business and financial management. Board appointments are for part-time positions and will be for three years. Expressions of interest close at 5pm on Friday 9 September.

Saving seeds A SEED saving workshop will be held from 1.30-4pm on Saturday 10 September at the Eco Living Display Centre in The Briars Park, 450 Nepean Hwy, Mt Martha. Learn how to save your own seed; prepare for summer sowing; and varieties of tomatoes and their different uses. It will be presented by Jarrod Ruch, senior ranger at The Briars. Cost: $10 a person. Bookings: Peninsula Visitor information booking service on 5987 3078 or 1800 804 009.

Learn to juggle, read about Alice WHAT do juggling, pentanque, Richard Wagner and Alice in Wonderland have in common? They are activities or topics you can take at Mornington’s University of the Third Age (U3A). The Mornington branch of the international movement, founded almost 40 years ago in France, celebrates its 21st birthday this month with an all-day party at Peninsula Community Theatre. The U3A movement started in France in 1972, Britain in 1981 and Australia in 1984. Groups provide a source of learning and social contact for retired people. Mornington started small, meeting at venues such as Kankama, Mornington Yacht Club, Mornington RSL and members’ homes. In 1992 they found a permanent home at Currawong Community Centre on the Tanti Estate. courtesy of Mornington Shire Council. They acquired more volunteer tutors and expanded the number of courses. U3A secretary Joanne Blake said some of the more unusual courses this year include juggling, petanque, The Life of Richard Wagner, theory of cooking techniques, a short course about the Alice in Wonderland stories, and “Marvellous Melbourne”, monthly excursions to places and events in the city. The group, one of 90 in Victoria, has more than 700 members attending 100 classes, including a variety of computer courses, languages, bushwalking, exercise, Tai Chi, music (piano, sight reading and opera appreciation), social games, cryptic crosswords, literature, and creative writing. “We are run totally by volunteers, including the tutors, and offer retired members of our community the opportunity to expand their learning and make new friends,” Ms Blake said. “The art and craft classes joined up last year and presented a successful art show.” The News joined a mixed media class at the old

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stables adjacent to Currawong Community Centre late last month. The class runs all year and members come and go as they please, which suits many people. The building, now being renovated by the shire council, was part of the former Tanti Park Farm, bought by the state government in the 1960s for low-cost and public housing. U3A members were busy working in acrylics, watercolours, charcoal and media as tutor Maryanne MacPhee offered hints and tips. “Maryanne is marvellous,” Jan Oliver said as she finished a watercolour of a fishing boat in Mornington harbour. “I had no idea what to do when I started, but now the results are very pleasing.”

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Forest activist sowing seeds for the future FOREST campaigner John Seed is conducting workshops, giving talks and leading a walk through the Tootgarook Wetlands later this month. Mr Seed has been campaigning to preserve forests for more than 30 years and now gives talks on deep ecology, the concept that the natural world is as important as humans. He will conduct a “bushland deep ecology experiential session” at Peninsula Gardens Bushland Reserve in Jetty Rd, Rosebud, 2-4pm on Wednesday 21 September, organised by Mornington Peninsula Shire’s natural systems team. Bookings to 5950 1263. At Balnarring Hall, 3041 Frankston-Flinders Rd, from 6.30pm that day he will give a talk called “Deep Ecology and the Conservation of Nature” followed by a musos’ night. Bookings to 5950 1685 or spcdadmin@mornpen.vic. gov.au by 20 September. On Thursday 22 September, he will lead two workshops at Rosebud West Community Hall, 20 Eliza St, Rosebud West, and a walk in the Tootgarook Wetlands. Mr Seed, who has been campaign-

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ing to preserve forests for more than 30 years, will lead a workshop 1-3pm, which will be attended by Planet Pals from Rosebud Secondary College, and one from 7-8.30pm, including supper, for the general community. Bookings to 5986 5478 by Monday 19 September. Jo Ridgeway of community renewal said John was a major force in the campaign to save the Daintree Forest in Queensland. He is director of Rainforest Information Centre, which successfully campaigned to save sub-tropical rainforests of NSW from the late 1970s starting at Terania Creek where loggers, police and conservationists clashed. John Seed has been called “the town crier for the global village” for his work promoting and protecting rainforests around the world. He has made films about rainforests and travelled the world with his rainforest roadshow, spreading the word and building networks of people committed to the cause. In 1995 was awarded an OAM for services to the environment.

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Gran and Courtney join knitting project GRANDMOTHER Margaret Smith and her granddaughter Courtney Atkin, 9, of Mornington have joined a bevy of knitters making garments for Australian troops in Afghanistan. They read about the project in The News last month and are busy making beanies, mittens and scarves for troops facing the coming harsh winter. The knitting skill has been passed down four generations as Mrs Smith’s grandmother taught her to knit in the United Kingdom when she was a girl. She and her husband George emigrated to Australia in 1966 and would be well known to people who worked or volunteered at Frankston Hospital. Courtney, who attends Benton Junior College in Mornington East, was a bit disappointed with the colour of the wool, khaki.

“We don’t want the troops to be an easy target,” her grandmother said with a smile. Mrs Smith taught Courtney to knit about two years ago. “She picked it up very quickly; she can knit while watching TV.” Nearly 1000 balls of wool have been handed out by Carrum Downs Bendigo Bank, which is one of the collection points for the Country Women’s Association campaign to make beanies, fingerless gloves and scarves. Knitters across the peninsula and southeast are using 8ply pure wool for beanies and scarves, and 4ply for mittens. Finished garments can be left at any branch of the Bendigo Bank. To get involved, call 9782 9799 or email organiser Fran Henke of Hastings at fhenke@bigpond. net.au for patterns and wool.

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leuca forests and rainforests “remain healthy”. “More than anything, flying foxes need our help. Two of Australia’s flying fox species are listed as vulnerable under federal legislation – the grey-headed flying fox, which lives on the east coast of Australia from southern Queensland to Victoria, and the spectacled flying fox, which lives in northeast Queensland. Peninsula residents can help flying foxes by:  Planting native nectar-giving trees such as eucalypts, lilly-pillies, melaleucas, banksias, teatrees, wattles and native figs.  Not using black monofilament netting as it is deadly to flying foxes and many other native animals including birds and possums. It is difficult for these animals to see and they get tangled in the netting, leading to injuries or death. Use only animal-safe netting to protect fruit trees.  Keeping cats indoors as much as possible and training dogs to ignore bats.  Calling a wildlife carer if you see a sick or injured flying fox.  Not handling or touching flying foxes. If you leave them alone they are harmless. “There is no evidence to suggest that culling bats would stop the spread of Hendra, but it would certainly damage Australia’s forests and have a negative impact on the many industries and plant species, which rely on flying foxes as pollinators,” Mr Corbett said. “Flying foxes aren’t like microbats, which use echolocation and sound to navigate. Flying foxes use their great eyesight and their sense of smell. They can use lights and buildings in our cities as landmarks to navigate by during their travels in search of food.” To share your flying fox and native animal photos or find out more about the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife’s Backyard Buddies program, visit fnpw.org.au or www.facebook. com/backyardbuddies.

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Pen Link costs run up to $1.3b By Mike Hast THE controversial Peninsula Link freeway will cost nearly double the estimate made by the Brumby Labor government last year when it awarded the construction contract to the Southern Way consortium. On 15 January 2010 then roads minister Tim Pallas said the contract would cost $759 million, but a parliamentary committee has been told the cost had risen to $1.1 billion. The latest estimate puts the bill at $1.3 billion. The freeway is being built as a public private partnership between the government’s Linking Melbourne Authority and Southern Way, a consortium of Abigroup, Conneq (formerly Bilfinger Berger) and Royal Bank of Scotland. The consortium will “own� and operate the freeway for 25 years, and be paid by the government, after which it will revert to government ownership. The full cost is being paid by taxpayers after the federal government refused to contribute to the project and the Brumby government said it would not be a toll road. Work on the 27-kilometre link between Carrum Downs and Mt Martha is due to be completed in early 2013. Among the more controversial aspects of Peninsula Link has been the clearing of seven bush and grass-

land reserves between Carrum Downs and Frankston South, including part of the historic, heritage-listed Westerfield property on Robinsons Rd, Frankston South. In July, Victoria’s Auditor-General Des Pearson said the promised economic benefits of Peninsula Link may have been overstated and its potential negative impacts ignored. His report, Management of Major Roads Projects, was a scathing critique of the freeway, one of the state’s most expensive road projects. Mr Pearson slammed VicRoads and Linking Melbourne Authority, saying the two authorities failed to take into account the concept that bigger and better roads encourage more traffic, so-called “induced demand�, when deciding whether to build new freeways. “They did not adequately assess the traffic induced by these improvements, communicate the risks, or estimate the impact of the economic benefits,� he said. “These shortcomings create a risk of over-estimating the benefits and giving decision-makers false confidence.� The report says LMA also had weaknesses in the way it had made procurement decisions. Peninsula Link was conceived during the global financial crisis by the Brumby Labor government.

Hang glider pilot injured A LONE golfer was surprised to come across a man wandering dazed and injured near the seventh green at Mornington Golf Course on Monday evening. Police say the Frankston South man was injured when his hang glider came down on the course some time after he took off at 5pm from Sunnyside Beach, about one kilometre away. The golfer was the last on the course for the night, according to golf club manager Russell Donovan. “The injured man was extremely fortunate as there was only the one guy playing on the course,� he said. “The golfer was on his own and having a hit just on dusk.� The golfer used his mobile phone to call the clubhouse to alert staff who then called for an ambulance. Mr Donovan said the seventh green was close to the cliff edge. The injured man was taken to The Alfred hospital with a broken wrist, and head and facial injuries. Paramedics said he regained his memory on

the way to hospital. A relative was due to collect the man’s hang glider from the golf club yesterday (Tuesday). Mr Donovan said there had been gusty winds blowing all day. Golfers were used to seeing paragliders on calmer sunny days, but rarely hang gliders.

History talks MORNINGTON & District Historical Society’s annual meeting is at 2pm on Saturday 10 September at Mornington Library, Vancouver St. Guest speaker will Lieutenant Commander Col Fisher RAN (retired) OAM. The society’s monthly coffee morning is at 10.30am on Tuesday 13 September at St Mark’s Church, Barkly St, Mornington. Guest speaker Val Wilson has been researching the families buried in the Mornington Cemetery and will give an illustrated talk. Cost $5. All enquiries can be left at the Old Post Office Museum open Sundays 1.30-4.30pm, phone 5976 3203.

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Our ‘Coach’ would make a fantastic top cop WORD reaches The Emu’s bedraggled bushland hacienda that London’s The Met is struggling to attract a new top cop following the savaging the previous chief and his deputy got in the Murdoch empire News of the World phone hacking scandal before they quit in disgrace. It sounds like a good gig – $400,000 a year plus benefits – and an automatic knighthood. The Emu immediately thought of the perfect candidate – our talented and experienced shire chief executive officer, “Coach” Michael Kennedy. What a fantastic career move for our CEO. It’s $80,000 more than he earns at the shire (not that the money is important) and he would become Sir Dr Michael Kennedy OAM. The grateful monarch would probably throw in the Lord Wardenship of the Cinque Ports with Oak Leaf Cluster and Bar. He might then move on to Yarralumla – Sir Dr Michael Kennedy OAM WOTCP OLCB, entitled to 21gun salutes. After that? The House of Lords, perchance? Sir Lord Kennedy of Drum Drum Alloc, OAM, etc, etc? Makes a doctorate in business administration look small beer indeed.

Secret society SPENDING up to four hours at a meeting of Mornington Peninsula Shire Council is a bit masochistic, but part of the job for some of The Emu’s journalist mates. They do a full days’ work (or so they say) then have to front up in the evening to either a full council meeting, where all manner of civic affairs

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are discussed, or a Development Assessments Committee meeting, where planning matters are debated and then voted on (or deferred for extra reports and more debate). Then there’s the council’s Special Purposes Committee meetings, which are closed to the public. However, these meetings have a reasonably comprehensive agenda with reports, etc, so local newspapers reporters (and ratepayers) know what is occurring. Every now and then the shire holds a “special” Special Purposes Committee meeting. This is where things get weird. They are a big secret. You open the agenda and there’s no indication of what’s being discussed. It’s like trying to get information about the Ministry for State Security in the former East Germany, the Stasi. These special meetings are usually heard in the afternoon, sometimes before public meetings. Here is a typical agenda, the list of what is to be discussed: Opening and welcome. Section 1: Procedural matters 1.1 Apologies 1.2 Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest Pursuant to Section 79 of the Local Government Act 1989 1.3 Chairperson to advise members of the Public that: “All reports, information and recommendations contained in this Agenda have been designated by the

MAYOR Graham Pittock’s a good sport: at the protest outside Nepean MP Martin Dixon’s office last month, where 17 people (and a dog) pressed their case to build the aquatic centre inland and not on the foreshore, Cr Pittock allowed protesters Barry Robinson, left, Gary Howard and Eunice Cain to hold one of their signs in front of him. The mayor then invited the group to join him for coffee at a nearby cafe to listen to their concerns.

Chief Executive Officer as confidential pursuant to Section 77(2)(c) of the Local Government Act 1989 and accordingly have been referred to the Special Purposes Committee for a decision under delegation.” The Committee may resolve that the meeting be closed to members of the public in accordance with Section 89(2) of the Local Government Act 1989. Section 2: Confidential reports 2.1 Confidential Report 2.2 Confidential Report Section 3: Committee and information reports: Nil. Section 4: Urgent business Section 5: Notices of motion: Nil.

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DID you learn anything about what was discussed? Neither did The Emu. Residents and ratepayers are being treated like mushrooms. The Emu can accept the details of “special” Special Purposes Commit-

tee meetings should remain confidential, but not the topic of what is being discussed. At Frankston Council, for example, the agenda for items being discussed behind closed doors at least lists the topics. A recent example of a shire “special” Special Purposes Committee meeting, or Secret Meeting as The Emu will now call them, was the one on Wednesday 10 August when the 11 councillors decided to reappoint CEO Michael Kennedy without advertising the position. The only way journalists could figure out the reason for this meeting was by using minor powers of deduction. It was known by which date the councillors had to inform Dr Kennedy they intended to reappoint him as he was entitled to six months’ notice if his job was going to be advertised. His contract expires in early February, so the reappointment meeting had to be held in early August. Even jour-

nos can count back six months from February. The shire was at it again this week – two secret meetings on Monday: a Special Purposes Committee and one of those weird “special” Special Purposes Committee gatherings. No word from the shire about the topic or topics to be discussed, but guess what? It’s obvious one of these meetings relates to the rehiring of Michael Kennedy. No one at the shire would confirm this. Surprise, surprise. But a scan through the public notices of a certain local newspaper on 15 August reveals one about the reappointment of “Coach” Kennedy: “At least fourteen days after the giving of this public notice, Council will consider a further report to appoint Dr Michael Kennedy OAM as its Chief Executive Officer for a period of three years to take effect 9 February 2012.” What’s the most secretive government in the world? North Korea, China? No, it’s Mornington Peninsula Shire. Your rates at work – in secret.  Send gossip and hot news tips to The Emu at emutips@yahoo.com.au

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Too small: Kananook Creek would be unable to provide the drainage needed during a major flood which would inundate central Frankston, the lowest point in the catchment.

City properties in flood’s way By Keith Platt FRANKSTON’S current budget is millions of dollars short of flood-proofing the city. Studies have shown it is impossible to protect all 1635 of the city’s flood-prone properties, but completion of work that can be done is years away. Climate change is predicted to produce higher rainfall and rising sea levels, which, if occurring simultaneously, would see many parts of the city inundated. Although flooding hotspots have been identified, council’s latest drainage budget is $755,000, far short of the $12 million needed for drainage and flood mitigation. Frankston has no flood warning system and the municipal emergency management plan does not assess the flood risk within the municipality. A separate Flood Emergency Plan will eventually be developed to deal with the response of emergency services during a flood. Ironically, while council has invested money and time in drought-proofing the city’s parks and reserves, it now needs extra millions to protect it from floods associated with climate change and water runoff from expanding urban and industrial areas. The city’s shortcomings and flood mitigation needs are outlined in a $61,000 flood management plan paid for by Melbourne Water. The plan says that it is not feasible to floodproof all properties in the city but some areas, such as the central business district, must be protected “almost regardless of the cost�. A report to be considered by councillors next week outlines the flood management plan, which defines the roles and responsibilities of council and Melbourne Water. Council has spent $39,000 on Water Sensitive Urban Design guidelines aimed at stopping polluted stormwater flowing into waterways and Port Phillip. Last November the council hired a drainage asset planner who is now reviewing the current drainage management plan. The flood plan warns of the need to avoid “downstream flooding� from 20 projects already flagged over the next decade that will produce 888 dwellings. On top of that, there are plans to create thousands of lots on another 247 hectares of greenfield sites. Some protection for the city will come from Melbourne Water, which is spending $100 million improving Frankston’s drainage, including the Sandgate drainage scheme that aims to reduce flooding impacts on the central area.

The three-stage works started in September 2009 and are due to be finished next year. The works from Chisholm TAFE on Fletcher St to Kananook Creek include a gross pollutant trap in Olsen St and increasing drainage capacity upstream of Monash University. The Flood Emergency Plan categorises flood risk areas as being medium, high or extreme. The area classed as extreme in Frankston stretches from Robinsons Rd in the south to Eel Race Drain at Seaford in the north and several kilometres inland. Two catchments involved are identified as the Lee St-Sandgate Av and Skye Rd-Karingal areas. Frankston has an estimated 1500 to 3100 residential buildings that would be inundated by a one-in-100 year storm combined with a 1.1-metre rise in sea levels, making it the state’s sixth-most flood-prone municipality. These figures do not include 148km of roads, eight kilometres of railway lines, 26 bridges, 10 sewer pumping stations, 98 km of drains, and industrial areas that would also be severely affected. The drainage plan warns that the city’s drainage systems “are subject to back water impacts of flooding or high tides within Kananook Creek� making it “almost impossible� to cope with floods during “high intensity events�. “Much of the areas are known to pond and some may even be impacted from flows from catchments outside the municipality. In particular, the potential exists for extreme flood events to break across catchments in the north of the municipality. “This may impact on the Seaford Swamp and former swamp areas to the south even through to the CBD that sits in behind the coastal dune system.� After six years of negotiation and investigation, council and Melbourne Water are about to sign an agreement identifying which drains each agency is responsible for. The agreement is based on Melbourne Water managing drains in catchments greater than 60 hectares while council is responsible for catchments less than 60ha. Effectively, Melbourne Water manages 150km of drains while council has 1010km. The fact that the city’s drainage network has more than 35,000 drainage pits requiring inspections on a five-year cycle with hot spots done more frequently is one statistic that illustrates the magnitude of the problem.

INTERNATIONAL ANGEL DAY The Royal Children’s Hospital fundraising wares will colour the Tyabb Craft Village once again on September 11 for International Angel Day 2011. On the 10th anniversary of the terrorist atrocities in New York the world unites to give hope to children of the universe through the angel order world and funds will aid Charli's Angels Auxiliary on the Peninsula. Angel workshops, live band performances from local talent Tarah Miller, Paul Barry and band Nowra and kids entertainment Hey Dee Ho and Funkey Music. With renowned body art painter Diane Williamson creating angel IDFHV ORWV RI DFWLYLWLHV $QJHO GUHVV XS FRPSHWLWLRQ UDIÀHV VDXVDJH sizzle and more it will be a great day. Come from 10am-5pm all welcome – 14 Mornington Tyabb Rd, Tyabb - enquiries Annette 0414 465 344

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Golden digger: Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Graham Pittock has no hesitation in getting his hands dirty when it comes to helping plant trees at Shoreham, even if he is in suit and wearing the chain of office.

Mayoral link to tree planting THICK shoes, gumboots and runners were combined with work clothes and jeans when the Shoreham community got down on its knees to plant trees. A stand out among the willing workers on Saturday 20 August was Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Graham Pittock who had no qualms getting down to the task at hand, dressed in a suit and wearing the mayoral chain. Cr Pittock was on hand to officially

open the tree planting to replace pines on land known as the Shoreham triangle, which had been prepared by council officers Colin Thorning and Matt Stahmer. The 280 trees planted were indigenous to the area and selected for their fire resistance and suitability. Before getting their hands dirty, association members were joined by their Point Leo and Flinders neigh-

bours to hear PowerGroup director Chris Kechagias outline the savings that could be made bulk buying electricity. More than 100 people have now registered interest in joining the scheme. A similar scheme is already operating at Somers. For details visit Shoreham Community Association’s website www.shoreham.vic.au.

Digging in: Michael Stephens, daughter Zoe and Suzy Adsett plant trees while dogs Charley and Pansy “supervise”.

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Battle of bulge: Cr Leigh Eustace shows part of the Lew pool area retaining wall where two welded steel braces have split due to pressure. Picture: Keith Platt

Continued from Page 1 “The action I am seeking is that the Assistant Treasurer ensure that no agreement is entered into by the government to sell or otherwise transfer control of the land occupied by the swimming pool to any private person, body or corporation,” he said. “The pool has been constructed on the foreshore reserve at Mt Eliza and there has been some discussion – much of it public – surrounding the issuing or otherwise of a building permit and normal consents for the construction of such a structure. “I understand the pool has now been drained to mitigate against collapse given the reported instability of the slope and that further discussions, including those of a legal nature, about the future of the pool are occurring. “I am more concerned about the sec-

ond issue, which is the future status of the land on which the pool is located.” Mr Morris told Parliament the land was coastal reserve managed by Mornington Peninsula Shire Council. He said no one should be allowed to purchase or lease public land for any reason. “That is the critical issue here. The role of government is to protect public land. I urge the Assistant Treasurer to make a strong statement to protect this coastal reserve and to reject any advance made to alienate the land.” On Tuesday, Jeff Yugovic of Mt Eliza Coastcare and Peter Greer of MEAFEC told The News they expected a good turnout on Sunday at 10am. “We care about Port Phillip’s spectacular coastal bluffs and beaches, and believe in the importance of keeping public land in public ownership,” they said.

“On Sunday we will restore vegetation beside the excellent, newly upgraded path down to the beach and will visit the illegal swimming pool site.” During a site inspection on Tuesday morning, Mr Yugovic said there was hardly a native plant to be seen between the pool area and the beach. “There’s lots of work to be done here.” Mt Eliza Ward councillor Leigh Eustace said even a layman could see the retaining wall of the pool and surrounds had moved since construction. The pool area has a spectacular view of Port Phillip and Mornington harbour in the distance. Conservationists will meet at the corner of Sturio Pde and Osprey Ave (Melway 105 B2) at 10am. Mr Yugovic said people wanting to take part in the working bee should bring gloves.

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A dream realised, just in time for Summer fun YOUR home will truly be your castle with this inspiring property situated in a sought after Mount Martha address. The feature entry brings to mind architectural images from far away places but it is the enormous back yard that announces this home as the great Australian dream. Set on an enormous 1325 square metre approx. allotment this home was built with a strong emphasis on entertaining family and friends. The block is surrounded by native trees and tall gums which allow for full use of the magnificent pool area in complete privacy. Salt chlorinated and solar heated the pool area is well fenced and paved to enjoy pool side dining. The home itself measures 32 squares under the roof line with five bedrooms featuring a huge, tastefully designed master bedroom that has enough space for a sofa and wall unit and also large ensuite with double vanity. There are four other bedrooms, each with bright feature walls and their own distinct sense of style, serviced by a family bathroom and powder room. The modern kitchen has high quality appliances, island breakfast bar and the adjoining dining room overlooks the alfresco deck area and pool. The lounge and rumpus room are separate and all rooms’ feature wild Blackwood solid timber flooring. The large double garage has internal and rear access points to the home and has plenty of room for cars and the big toys.

Address: 8 Chateaux Close, MOUNT MARTHA Price: $740,000 – $770,000 Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street Mornington 5975 2200 Agent: Lina Luppino, 0419 571 583

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We’re getting ready for the Spring sales! If you are planning on selling this spring ring Honor first for an assessment - then when you are ready to go on the market we offer Free Photography portfolio and floor plan for all properties listed in September (can be used for auction or private sale campaigns)

Operating from two busy locations we are now officially the most active agent in the area. Join us, Saturday 10th

September 12.00-3.00pm at 7A Bay Road, Mount Martha

for our grand opening of the spring selling period

209 Main Street, Mornington

5976 6688

7A Bay Road, Mount Martha

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1/30 Vale Street

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Complete the vision on a rare quarter acre block THIS is a great opportunity to purchase a half renovated property in a quiet,peaceful area of Crib Point.The Western Red Cedar home comprises two bedrooms, an absolutely brand new kitchen featuring stainless steel appliances, spacious living area and double garage. The block measures approx. 1000sqm and is located at the end of a quiet court in a bushy setting next to parkland.

Address: 23 Dartnell Close, CRIB POINT Auction: Saturday Sept. 24 at 12.30pm Agency: Century 21 Homeport, 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555 Agent: Kerry Lee Marshall, 0408 363 686

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POSITIONED in a well-established part of Dromana this neat, partially renovated weatherboard home presents very well and would be a great entry point for first home buyers or investors. There is a pleasant, sunny deck at the front with bay views and internally the living areas are open plan. The renovations have taken in the kitchen and bathroom areas of the home. The kitchen has a large bench, wall oven, range hood and pantry and lots of cupboards while the updated bathroom has new tiling. A concrete driveway leads up to a garage at the rear of the property which has power and water.

Inspect Saturday 4-4.30pm or by appointment

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Great reasons to buy here

Address: 27 Elizabeth Street, DROMANA Price: $395,000 plus Agency: Stockdale & Leggo Dromana, 193 Point Nepean Road, 5987 3233 Agent: Melissa Walker, 0407 508 555

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TITLES DUE SEPTEMBER 2011 This unique 24 lot sub-division at 610 Esplanade provides a wonderful opportunity to build your dream home by the sea. Rarely does land so close to the Esplanade become available to the public.

HOUSE & LAND PACKAGES AVAILABLE LOT 21/23, 610 ESPLANADE, MOUNT MARTHA - FROM $950,000

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1/10 Kent Street

AUCTION: SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER AT 12 NOON

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Inspect Saturday 12-12.30pm or by appointment 7 Bath Street

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Negotiable Over $550,000

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$275,000 - $295,000

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Inspect Wednesday & Saturday 11-11.30am or by appointment 6/47 Spray Street

MOUNT MARTHA

$465,000

$350,000 - $370,000 ENJOY A COSMOPOLITAN LIFESTYLE - IN BEAUTIFUL SEASIDE MORNINGTON!

BUDGET BUYERS/INVESTORS

1/2 Hunter Street

Inspect by appointment

LOOKING OUT ACROSS THE BAY!

Inspect Saturday 2-2.30pm or by appointment 708 Esplanade

MORNINGTON

84 Summerfields Drive

107A Tanti Avenue

Inspect Sat 1-1.30 or by appointment

MORNINGTON

$390,000 - $415,000

BRAND NEW – BUY NOW & SAVE!

BRAND NEW VILLA - ALL INCLUSIVE PACKAGE!

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1-9/90 Harrap Road

5975 7733

Inspect by appointment 2/13 Brent Street,

Inspect Sat 1-1.30pm or by appointment

Shop 2, 188-194 Main St Mornington

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31 Graeme Street Dromana

16 Julian Court Dromana

Beachside Development Opportunity This one is a money maker! Call now and book your appointment to view this sensational opportunity, beachside of the freeway right here in sunny Dromana. The existing 3 bedroom BV home is bright, light and airy and a short walk to shopping and beach. As an added bonus this property is being sold with town planning approval to build a double storey townhouse at the rear of the existing home. The townhouse will feature 3 bedrooms, 2 living areas and a double garage. Plans available for viewing at our office by appointment. Be Quick!

Set in a quiet and private court setting this lovely home is just a mere 600m (approx) from the beach and the Dromana shopping strip. This very neat and tidy home features sun filled rooms and wide open living spaces. Three spacious bedrooms, master with FES, two separate living areas, open plan kitchen/meals/living, GDH and ample bench space in kitchen. Solar electricity, double remote garage, landscaped gardens and easy to maintain. Public transport, churches, schools, doctors, café and restaurants all within easy walking distance. Live, lease or holiday the choice is yours!

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Price Inspect Contact

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2/2 Morgan Court Safety Beach

27 Elizabeth Avenue Dromana

Ready, Steady, Go!!

9 Great Reasons Why...

At the end of a quiet court with a public thoroughfare to the beach this site (approx. 369sqm) is an ideal opportunity to build meters from the sea but in peaceful, private surroundings. Build a dream holiday home on a site where you can hear the waves! This is a very rare site, only 100 hY[]k lg l`] ^gj]k`gj] j]k]jn] q]l ima]l k][dm\]\&

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1/9 Illuka Street Safety Beach

Mornington

15 Caldwell Road Dromana

New, Light, Bright & Spacious

Discerning & Discreet

Mesmerizing Bay Views

This near new single residence is just a short walk to the Safety Beach foreshore and the multi million dollar Martha Cove marina. Set upon a smaller allotment - fully landscaped and easy to maintain. 3 spacious bedrooms, 1-2 living areas, stone bench tops in kitchen, gas ducted heating. Remote lock up garage with drive through access via real roller door. Long settlement available. Projected rental return of $330 approx per week. CALL NOW!

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Designed to capture every degree of its north facing view this incredible residence features wide open living areas, sun filled rooms and panoramic bay views. Approximately 60sq in size the home offers five spacious bedrooms, three bathrooms, two kitchens, three living areas and extensive decking and balcony space.

Price Inspect Contact

Price Inspect Contact

Price Inspect Contact

$455,000 Neg Saturday 1-1.30pm 03 5987 3233

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193 Point Nepean Road, Dromana VIC 3936

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$645,000 By Appointment 03 5987 3233

$1.250,000 - $1.3 million By Appointment 03 5987 3233

www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/rye

25 Michael Street Rye

9 Burdoo Street Rye

Individual character and flair When it comes to location Tyrone Foreshore is without question Rye’s most loved area amongst permanent residents and holiday makers alike. Set back a mere 350m (approx) from beautiful family friendly bay beaches this architecturally designed home has a unique character that blends beautifully with the natural bayside setting. The home offers a unique floor plan and is a little bit quirky. There are 3 bedrooms, 2 on the ground level with the 3rd raised with its own small landing accessed via a timber staircase.

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Auction Saturday 17 Sep 1:00pm Inspect

Sat 12:00 - 12:30pm

Agent

Glenn Key - 0402 445 208

4 Tyrone Ave Rye

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3 2

2 3

Price

$580,000 - $638,000

Inspect

By appointment

Agent

Diane & Phil Key 0419 324 515

142 Maxwell Road Fingal

Outstanding Location- Stroll to Beach If it’s beachside living you require then this wonderful home ticks all the boxes. It holds the prime position of one house back in a gorgeous, prestigious cul-de-sac creating a private beautifully treed setting only a few steps to the waters edge. The striking architecturally designed home blends to perfection with the backdrop. The clever use of natural materials offers individuality without overshadowing the environment. Step inside to reveal an interesting family orientated floor plan offering zoned living.

5985 6555

Love in an elevator Check me out. I am a sleek glass elevator professionally installed to zip from the ground floor to the main living area above. I am fast and efficient. I am large enough to take a wheelchair and its occupant to join in the fun above. Shopping? Not a problem, simply bring it aboard and push the button, “up we go.” Needless to say kids think I’m just ace. I am there, at your command. Two floors of luxury living with massive bay views.

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3 3

2 2

$980,000 - $1.04million

Inspect

By appointment

Agent

Diane & Phil Key - 0419 324 515

I can see for miles and miles and miles - 5 magic acres Who can tell what you might see perched up on top of the world. There are gorgeous views in every direction. Numerous Bay and Ocean glimpses to watch the ships pass in the night, magnificent sunrises and even more spectacular sunsets, wild life of all kinds and above all an abundance of fresh country air. All this and still only a few minutes drive to all the features and activities the Mornington Peninsula has to offer.

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3 3

2 2

$980,000 - $1,070,000

Inspect

By appointment

Agent

Diane & Phil Key 0419 324 515

2397 Point Nepean Road, Rye VIC 3941

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For Sale

119 Seaview Avenue, Safety Beach Seaview at Martha Cove

For Sale

Walking distance from Martha Cove Marina and approx. 500 meters from the Safety Beach fore-shore this superb, luxury two storey townhouse is almost completed. Approx. 27 squares of living comprise three bedrooms plus a parents retreat, 2 bathrooms and a powder room and two separate living areas. The kitchen has Caesar stone bench tops with tiled splash back, Smeg stainless steel appliances, designer tap wear, Rinnai 24hr gas hot water and the living areas have heating with programmable thermostat and split system air conditioning, generous allowance of lighting and television points & alarm system. Landscaping includes fencing, coloured concrete aggregate to front driveway and paths. Property would suit, retirees, investors, Àrst home buyers or great for a holiday home. BUY NOW AND SAVE ON STAMP DUTY

32 Meridian Way, Mornington Inspired living and entertaining This brilliantly designed and precision built home is on a large 1406m2 block and offers four bedrooms, master with spa ensuite, study, formal and informal living areas, expansive kitchen with stone bench tops and high quality appliances. Key additions include a large entertaining deck, second driveway (ideal for boat or caravan) leading to a large workshop, porcelain tiles and wool carpet, with ducted heating & refrigerated cooling.

Price: $695,000-$740,000

Price: $750,000 - $780,000

Inspect: By Appointment

Inspect: Saturday 2.00-2.30pm

For Sale

11A York Street, Mornington A rare opportunity in the heart of Mornington This block is ready to be built on. With plans and permits already approved the hard work has been done. Situated in the heart of Mornington, a short walk into Main Street and beach, this rare opportunity would suit a local builder, retiree or Àrst home buyer. Plans approved for a 22 square double storey townhouse with 3 bedrooms, ensuite, study and main bathroom upstairs. Downstairs will be the kitchen, family and dining room plus living area, powder room and laundry.

Price: $295,000 Inspect: By Appointment

For Sale

4 Lesa Court, Mount Martha Home sweet home

For Sale

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Located in a quiet court close to local schools and shopping centre, this family home has four large bedrooms plus a study. The formal lounge has a bay window, there is an open plan second living area, family room, meals area and kitchen. Entertain with family and friends over looking alfresco area and inground solar heated, salt chlorinated pool. Double lock up garage with rear access. Two good sized garden sheds and a large backyard with plenty of room for kids to play. Central heating, evaporative cooling and split system heating and cooling.

Price: $595,000 - $640,000 Inspect: Saturday 1.00-1.30pm

For Sale

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8 Chateaux Close, Mount Martha Look out summer here we come!

6 Avery Court, Mount Martha Elegant and sophisticated on a grand scale

For Sale

A luxury two storey rendered Simmons home situated in cul de sac location of prestigious Mount Martha location. The grand entrance has high ceilings and a sweeping stair case leading to the family’s four bedrooms and large retreat with balcony overlooking a semirural vista. The double bi- fold doors separate the formal area from the main living areas. A Master chef kitchen with granite bench tops has large pantry and the meals and family room area surrounded by Áoor to ceiling bay window overlooking in-ground pool.

Price: By Negotiation Inspect: Saturday 12.00-12.30pm

82-84 Eumeralla Grove, Mt Eliza Build your dream home HUGE PRICE REDUCTION!

This absolutely stunning entertainers home consists of Àve large bedrooms, master with parents retreat and FES. If you love entertaining this grand home is for you! Open plan living with a modern kitchen, European appliances and breakfast bar central to family and meals area overlooking alfresco decking and sandstone in ground salt water and solar heated pool. From the rumpus/lounge room to the pool area, your family and friends will envy the large space that surround the home.

A rare opportunity to secure your own piece of prestigious Mt Eliza. This fantastic elevated allotment of approx. 1449m2 allows the successful purchaser to build their dream home and sit back and enjoy the views and location. Located in a quiet area and including architectural designs, working drawings, engineers designs and computations, soil reports, 5star energy rating report, stamped council approved permit, pool deposit and survey report. Priced to sell.

Price: $740,000 - $770,000

Price: $310,000 - $340,000

Inspect: Saturday 2.00-2.30pm

Inspect: By Appointment

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For Sale – Frankston

For Sale – Sorrento

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For Sale – Mornington

For Lease – Red Hill

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Fruit Fusion

Salute

Priced To Sell

Next To Proposed Epicurean Centre

An excellent opportunity to own your own Juice Bar with brand new Įt-out in busy Bayside Shopping Centre. This easy to run and manage business has a new lease, no franchise fees and is ready to go! Priced below set up costs this is a bargain!

The well known and highly popular CellarbraƟons Sorrento is on the market. Following eight very successful and proĮtable years, the current owners have decided to move on. Prime Ocean Beach Road locaƟon compliments this very strong business. Great rent, great lease.

Excellent, well known business with great passing traĸc. This would make an ideal Įrst business for someone wishing to downsize. Great central Mornington locaƟon with long lease and cheap rent. Vendor moƟvated to sell.

Excellent retail space of 76m2 right next to the proposed Red Hill Cool Store building which will be converted into an Epicurean Centre. The Epicurean Centre concept will build upon and enhance Red Hill’s reputaƟon as a sophisƟcated source of fresh, local produce and merchandise.

Sale Price: $119,000 WIWO Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

Sale Price: $180,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price: $59,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Lease Price: $1,420pcm + GST + OGS Contact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503

For Lease – Mornington

For Sale – Mornington

For Sale – Dromana

For Sale – Mount Eliza

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Bakery

Landlord Wants A Tenant

Blue Chip Freehold Investment

These three prime oĸces of approx. 15sqm, 17sqm and 30sqm are situated at the beach end of Main Street and would be ideal for individual, professional businesses. As new Įt-out, great locaƟon and at this price they are extremely good value. Be Quick.

Award winning bakery, currently operaƟng only 6 days a week, with long established clientele. There is a demand for increased opening hours, so this could be your opportunity to take this business to the next level. Adding coīee sales, wholesaling and trading 7 days would see this business reach its full potenƟal.

SƟll near new and with outstanding exposure this property is ideally suited for retail or professional oĸces. Superb Įt out with kitchen, shower and disabled access. An inspecƟon will not disappoint. Available from September 30, 2011.

This is a rare opportunity to secure a high proĮle retail investment in the heart of Mount Eliza Village. There are two shops available with a combined area of 166.8sqm and currently let to two long term tenants showing a net return of $77,250pa. Situated close to Safeway and other prominent businesses in the town.

Lease Price: From $780pcm + GST + Service Fee Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

Sale Price: $299,000 WIWO Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

Lease Price: $1,750 pcm + GST + OGS Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price: On ApplicaƟon Contact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503

For Sale – Mornington

For Sale – Frankston

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Wild Cards & GiŌs

ParƟal Fit Out Only

For Lease - Mornington

Smell The Roses

This business has been designed to be successful and provide you with all the necessary tools. With excellent sales and presentaƟon there is huge growth potenƟal in this business that could very easily be run by a family with full franchise support and low franchise fees of only 4%. New lease terms available.

• Prime locaƟon in the Mornington Mall just oī Main Street. • Shop size approximately 60sqm . • Would suit a variety of uses. • Great Lease terms available. • Available September 2011

First Ɵme available in over 6 years this retail shop is situated behind Main Street, adjacent to free parking area and is well set up for professional businesses; EG: accountant/solicitor or real estate. There are two oĸces, boardroom, two toilets and lunchroom. Long term lease available.

The well known and very popular WaƩle Gardens of Mornington is on the market. The current owners have run this business for the past 10 years and are looking to reƟre. A great sized shop with excellent lease condiƟons and Main Street locaƟon. Priced to sell. InspecƟon recommended.

Sale Price: $175,000 +SAV Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

Sale Price: $29,000 (Fit Out Only) Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

Lease Price: POA Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

Sale Price: $97,500 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale - Rosebud

For Sale – Mornington

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For Sale – Frankston

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Great Beachfront LocaƟon

3 Archer Street

With superb locaƟon this fully licensed café/restaurant has seaƟng for 80. Currently operaƟng as The Capel Restaurant, this is a golden opportunity for the savvy operator to take this prominent beachside business to the next level. Also included in the lease is a three bedroom residence.

This large factory has approximately 800sqm of leƩable area. 106 sqm oĸce for sale in the Frankston Business Center The factory is separated into 3 areas, two of which are leased on • Formal recepƟon • Open plan oĸce a month to month basis. • Large kitchen area • Separate meeƟng room Excellent value / moƟvated Vendor

Sick of RenƟng? – Freehold for sale

Near new factory, never been used. Ideal locaƟon to base your business. • 155 sqm approx • Remote roller door access • Easy access to freeway • Priced to lease

Sale Price: Oīers Over $100,000 WIWO Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price: On ApplicaƟon Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454.

Lease Price: $1,085pcm + GST + OG Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price: $240,000 Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

Factory 3, 5 – 7 TrewiƩ Court

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INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL

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Rare freehold position ENJOYING a prominent position on Mornington-Tyabb Road in Mornington, this landmark property has come onto the market. Securely leased to a well-known business, the current owners are keen to sell. Some off-street parking is available.

Address: 12 Mornington-Tyabb Road, MORNINGTON Price: $900,000 Agency: Kevin Wright Commercial, 2/26 McLaren Place, Mornington, 5977 2255. Agent: Kevin Wright, 0417 564 454.

Factory with residential loft MEASURING approx 380 square meters this former recording studio and shop lends itself to a multitude of uses. Perfect for the small business owner or ideal for creative purposes with artists, photographers and manufacturers sure to show interest. The property is for genuine sale with motivated vendors keen to sell.

Address: 12 David Court, ROSEBUD Price: $250,000 – $270,000 Agency: Stockdale & Leggo Rosebud 1089 Point Nepean Road, 5689 8600 Agent: Jon Perrett 0405 123 921

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INVEST WITH THE LOT

UNITS 1-4 / 2 BRETT DRIVE, CARRUM DOWNS AUCTION FRIDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER @ 2.00PM (ON SITE)

The property comprises of a takeaway food shop, warehouse and two offices. The anchor tenant is the Homestyle café which has a new 5x5x5 year lease. There are also 22 on-site car parks. • Four units on one title with potential to subdivide (STCA) • Iconic corner complex • Currently returning $72,504pa (approx.) • Quality tenants with secure leases • Total land size: 1647sqm (approx.) • Building size 533sqm (approx.) Contact: Richard Wraith 0419 564 528 or Michael Crowder 0408 358 926

9775 1535

LEVEL 1/1 COLEMANS ROAD, CARRUM DOWNS, VIC, 3201 Michael Crowder 0408 358 926 z Richard Wraith 0419 564 528 Page 14

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INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL

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Factory with vacant possession

Popular salon with excellent fit-out

THIS large factory has approximately 800 square metres of lettable area and is divided into three areas, two of which are leased on a month-to-month basis. The total area is available with vacant possession or choose to keep the current tenants and occupy the front section for your business. Total land area is approximately 2065 square metres with plenty of onsite parking and yard area.

LOCATED at the beach end of Main Street, this first-floor salon is a well-established business with good clientele and an excellent fit-out including polished floating timber floors, reception area, waiting room and several cutting stations. Stocking L’Oreal Professional and label M products, current services provided are beauty therapist and clinical myotherapist.

Address: 3 Archer Street, MORNINGTON Price: $950,000 Agency: Kevin Wright Commercial 2/26 McLaren Place, Mornington 5977 2255 Agent: Kevin Wright, 0417 564 454.

Address: Hair & Beauty Salon, MORNINGTON Price: $49,950 Agency: Kevin Wright Commercial 2/26 McLaren Place, Mornington 5977 2255 Agent: Kevin Wright, 0417 564 454.

Asian restaurant with 60 seats

A happy surprise

THIS Chinese food restaurant trades five and a half days plus evenings each week and is prominently located in a prime corner position of a busy shopping plaza. The premises have a full commercial kitchen, air-conditioning and seating for up to 60 diners. There is also a BYO licence. The owners want to retire after 10 years running the business.

ONE of the Mornington Peninsula’s best-known stores in for sale. Selling gifts, home decor and furniture, and in a prime Mornington location, the store trades Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 5pm and Sunday 11am to 3pm. The shop is well stocked with goods from Indonesia, China and Australia. The business has high turnover figures, good profits and can be run by the efficient staff when the owners are away. The vendors are now ready to retire.

Chinese Restaurant, SOMERVILLE Price: $119,000 plus stock Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne Street, Frankston, 97811588. Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151.

Gifts, homeware, decor & furniture, MORNINGTON Price: $300,000 plus stock of approx. $95,000 Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne Street, Frankston, 97811588

Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151.

To advertise in the next edition of the Mornington News commercial real estate section, contact Jason Richardson on 0421 190 318 or email jason@mpnews.com.au > MORNINGTON NEWS realestate 8 September 2011

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Business Sales Specialists

www.latessabusinesssales@bigpond.com

50 Playne Street Frankston

Tel: (03) 9781 1588 HAIR SALON

SPORTS CLOTHING

CONTINENTAL DELI

LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE

DRAMA ACADEMY

FRUIT & VEG RETAIL

7 stations, 2 basins, nothing to be done to this well presented salon with large glass frontage. New lease available. Stock included in price.

Women’s apparel for yoga, gym, pilates etc. Well known to locals, easy to run with 1 or 2 staff. Many repeat customers.

Well presented, large shop open 6 days. Selling set up costs and equipment only. All stock included. Close to Main Street.

Clients are based from Sth Melbourne to SE subs, incl body corps, estate agents and private residential. Est 12 years, work hours to suit yourself. Vehicle optional.

Worldwide organization, 6 locations on Peninsula. Full training in teaching, marketing & admin. Unique creative curriculum.

Very busy foot traffic area. Extensive coolroom, good vehicle, renovated 18 months ago. KEEN VENDOR

$45,000

$49,000 + sav

$50,000 WIWO

NOW $55,000

$57,500 + F/Fee

$65,000 + sav

HAIR SALON

TAKEAWAY

CAFÉ

MILK BAR

FISH & CHIPS

ACCOUNTING FRANCHISES

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Lovely kiosk in busy food court selling sushi, noodles, pasta, fresh juices, coffee etc. Near new equipment, cheap rent, can be fully managed. URGENT SALE

Niche market in town for whole/organic foods inc fruit & veg. 5 ½ days, seating for 18 in/out. Well known to locals and passing trade.

Well presented shop with plenty of parking. Sub-let upstairs 1 bm accomm. 7 days 8am until 8pm. Good lease arrangements.

Trades Tues to Sun from 11.30am. Two twin self cleaning deep fryers. Located in large residential area.

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Main street, well known, pleasant business. Optus Premium dealer, computing & entertainment. Full security 24/7.

Prime residential area/ food precinct close to main road with good signage. Lots of near new equipment. Has 3 bm home.

Innovative components est 30 yrs, working one day a week. Excellent equipment, major account and many stores. Full assistance given.

8 washers, 10 dryers, 2 HWS. Open 24 hours, but has auto open/close doors. Male & female toilets, and office. Fully renovated premises. Est. 20 years.

Est 35 years in Main St M’ton. Seats 20 in & 20 out, has coolroom. Ideal family business reduced to sell quickly.

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Large shop, long standing business, double storey 3 bm residence. High density residential area. Trial on $6,500pw.

Well equipped, quality P&E, operates with 2 liquor licences. Confidentiality applies. Two kitchens. Seats 35.

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Only 5 days a week with short hours in the heart of M’ton industrial area. Small shop, simple to run, est 40 yrs. Trial on $7200 pw.

Sales & service, well One of about 75 franchises S/steel & glazed balustrades equipped showroom & in Australia, S/C location with for res and comm clients, workshop. Est 10 yrs, vendor very busy foot traffic. pool fencing, self closing owns freehold & offers new Confidentialty applies. gates, high quality lease with neg terms. architectural features. 70% Good profits. Melbourne 30% Peninsula.

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Well known, bbq chicken, ideal location, modern premises and kitchen facilities. Indoor/outdoor seating. Confidentiality applies.

Repairs and refurbishments, servicing the needs of transport operators throughout Aust. 16,000 sq ft factory, deals with major insurance companies.

Installation, service, sales of new and used equipment to 80 gyms. 4 vehicles inc, has huge potential for hospital equipment. 5 days.

Large shop on corner position of main road. Huge profits! Short hours! 5 ½ days.

Well presented, profitable. Sale & installation of tiles, pavers, concrete finishings, retaining wall blocks etc. Main road in industrial estate, store recently expanded.

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Port plan more urgent: Napthine By Mike Hast PORTS Minister Denis Napthine says expansion of Port of Hastings is even more urgent after job losses at BlueScope Steel’s Western Port plant. Dr Napthine visited Hastings on Friday 26 August to inspect port facilities with stakeholders including Hastings MP Neale Burgess, Western Port harbour master Shane Vedamuttu and Port of Hastings Corporation officials. The corporation, soon to become the Port of Hastings Development Authority, was given back its independence earlier this month when legislation separated it from the Port of Melbourne Corporation. The previous Labor government under John Brumby and former ports minister Tim Pallas put Hastings under the control of the Port of Melbourne last September. The controversial action was criticised by many sectors with claims Port of Melbourne would retard development of Hastings. Legislation decoupling the two ports passed through parliament on 16 August although it will not come into effect until 1 January next year. On Friday afternoon Dr Napthine,

a former veterinarian from the Western District, told The News the state government wanted to make Hastings into Melbourne’s second container port within 10 to 13 years, not 25 years as had been proposed by the previous government. He said Hastings was essential for growth of imports and exports in Victoria as Port of Melbourne was rapidly running out of space to expand and traffic congestion had become a major problem. Studies had shown changing social and environmental expectations of neighbouring communities such as Yarraville, Footscray, Garden City and Beacon Cove, Docklands, Fishermans Bend and Williamstown would affect port operations. The PoMC owns and manages about 510 hectares of port land west of central Melbourne, which includes 34 commercial berths at five docks and river wharves with a total berth length of about seven kilometres. At Hastings, about 3500 hectares of land was zoned for port use in the 1970s. The loss of 270 jobs at BlueScope Western Port (pictured) and 800 at Port

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Kembla in NSW was announced on 22 August by CEO Paul O’Malley who said the company would cease exporting its products after being hammered by the high Australian dollar, low steel prices and high raw material costs. Asked if cars would come through the Port of Hastings and be essential to its profitability, Dr Napthine said it made more sense for this to occur at the Port of Geelong, but Western Port was the logical site for a new container port with its natural deep water port

and large tracts of vacant land. When the Transport Legislation Amendment (Port of Hastings Development Authority) Bill 2011 was approved by the parliament earlier this month, Dr Napthine said that with the throughput of containers in Victoria forecast to quadruple over the next 30 years, a second container port was vital to the long-term productivity and economy of Victoria. “The development of Hastings will give Victorian businesses and exporters confidence in the long-term efficiency of freight movements in our state,” he said. “The Coalition government will soon seek expressions of interest for the Port of Hastings Development Authority board. “Once appointed, the board will initiate a number of assessments including economic, social and environmental impact studies. The government will work closely with all stakeholders and the Hastings community to ensure the best possible outcome is achieved.” Dr Napthine said the Bill’s passage through both Houses with bipartisan support indicated that the Victorian Labor Party recognised it made a mistake

when it merged Hastings with the Port of Melbourne Corporation in 2010. “This legislation reverses Labor’s short-sighted vision for the future of the Victorian freight industry and will allow for an independent port ... authority to begin the preliminary work for this vital project.” The government now faces complex tasks to fast-track development at Hastings, including satisfying environmental laws, with Western Port part of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and listed under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance. About 30 species of birds migrate from north Asia to Western Port each year, and Australia, as a signatory of the 1974 Ramsar Convention, is under an obligation to preserve the ecological character of its designated Ramsar sites. The cost of developing Hastings has been put at about $10 billion with new roads and a rail line being among big-ticket items. The amount is sure to rise as the first estimate for expanding Hastings was put at $3 billion in 2006.

Boral backs down over Crib Point asphalt plant BORAL Asphalt has avoided a fight with the state government by dropping plans to build a bitumen storage plant at Crib Point. Former Planning Minister Justin Madden announced two years ago that he had approved Boral’s application, bringing a chorus of disapproval from residents, conservationists and the then coalition Opposition. Hastings MP Neale Burgess last week said he was pleased Boral had finally declared publicly its proposed bitumen plant would not go ahead at Crib Point. Mr Burgess said he called Boral Asphalt general manager Tony Aloisio after the coalition won government

late last year and warned Boral would have to fight the government. “Boral was told the new government’s policy was that no industrial development would be allowed to proceed south of Hastings,” he said. “While Boral was issued with a permit by Labor Planning Minister Justin Madden, Liberal minister Matthew Guy had publicly stated no bitumen plant would be built at Crib Point.” Boral’s plan was also rejected by Mornington Peninsula Shire as being inappropriate for the small rural town. However, Boral said Crib Point was suitable because its infrastructure was accessible to ships bringing bitumen

from Singapore. The plans were criticised by residents who said the roads were unsuitable to the increased traffic that would be caused by bitumenladen trucks. The storage depot would also have put an end to plans for the Otama submarine to be brought ashore as a tourist attraction. In April 2008 Mr Burgess said it was “hard to imagine a development that would inflict more anguish on a community, while delivering less value than Boral’s”. Boral’s Crib Point depot plan became known in 2006, eventually leading in August 2008 to an independent

planning panel hearing, which was told residents had been devastated and outraged. In a joint submission to the panel, Mr Burgess and fellow Liberal, federal MP for Flinders, Greg Hunt, said: “It is important to note that we do not oppose the development of a Bitumen storage facility; we simply believe that for many reasons, Crib Point is a totally inappropriate location for it. “It is our view that the Port of Hastings development should be contained to the Long Island area north of Hastings and to the extent possible, partitioned from local townships. “The area south of Hastings, includ-

ing Crib Point, provides opportunity for carefully planned low impact tourism and low impact residential development and should be freed forever from the spectre of industrialisation.” Boral has won permission to build an asphalt plant in a quarry off McClelland Rd in Langwarrin. The plant will produce 400,000 tonnes of asphalt for the Peninsula Link freeway project. Frankston Council’s approval of the plant was to challenged in the VCAT by conservationists and residents, but planning minister Matthew Guy called the matter in and approved it last week.

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Sub mission: Ports Minister Denis Napthine, right, and Hastings MP Neale Burgess, centre, with submarine project members Howard Bull, Alf Tallon and Max Bryant in Hastings.

Napthine ups periscope for sub By Mike Hast WESTERN Port’s ill-fated submarine HMAS Otama has a new champion – Victorian Ports Minister Denis Napthine. On Friday 26 August during a visit to Hastings, Dr Napthine told members of the Western Port Oberon Association, which owns the submarine rusting at anchor off Crib Point, he would help them bring it ashore at either Hastings, Stony Point or Crib Point. After receiving a briefing about the plan to bring Otama ashore nine years ago as the centrepiece of Hastings – Cerberus Naval Memorial Park – originally conceived to boost tourism in Hastings – the minister told WPOA officials Max Bryant, Alf Tallon and Howard Bull he would go in to bat for them. “I’ll work out if there are substantial impediments [to bringing the sub ashore at Hastings] and if we can’t do it here, we’ll look at Stony Point or Crib Point,” Dr Napthine said. “If the problems aren’t genuine, we’ll get it fixed; let’s find a site.” During a 40-minute meeting in Beach Hut Cafe, Dr Napthine was handed a comprehensive proposal by association president Max Bryant and listened intently to the three men. Hastings MP Neale Burgess told Dr Napthine the Department of Sustainability and Environment had knocked back bringing ashore the 2000-tonne, 90-metre long Otama between Hastings Yacht Club and Western Port Marina, claiming there was insufficient room for car parking. Mr Bryant told the minister DSE had initially supported the plan, but had changed its mind. An attempt to bring Otama ashore at Crib Point had been foiled by Boral’s plans to build a bitumen storage plant (now abandoned; see page 31) next door to the submarine site allocated by DSE, which Mr Bryant said was too small. A third site, north of the Port of Hasting depot at Stony Point, was a possibility, he said, but Patrick’s lease

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Sub in waiting: HMAS Otama off Crib Point with its rusting outer hull. Picture: Andrew Mackinnon, www.aquamanships.com

did not expire until 2017 and approval had been delayed when the proposed car ferry to Phillip Island was revived. Dr Napthine said he supported WPOA’s plan for a naval memorial park with Otama and an adjacent interpretative centre as the hub. It would provide economic benefit for Hastings and Western Port at a time when the area was reeling after the announcement of job losses at BlueScope, he said. Howard Bull told Dr Napthine the submarine and its centre would be like Scienceworks in Spotswood where visitors would be immersed in a sound and video experience. The history of

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the Royal Australian Navy would be told at the centre and the navy could tap into the recruiting potential of the facility. Mr Burgess – who three weeks before the state election last November said a Coalition government would bring the submarine ashore – said he wanted travellers to get to Frankston “and turn left and come down to Hastings and the Western Port side of the peninsula”. Mr Bull said the submarine centre could be linked to Cerberus Museum, Point Nepean National Park’s fortifications and gun emplacements, and South Channel Fort in Port Phillip.

“It would be a marvellous tour for military history buffs from around the world,” he said. Mr Bryant told Dr Napthine the project would cost about $5 million and there were people and businesses waiting in the wings for the government to support the project before they stepped in to help. He said an earlier feasibility study showed the submarine centre would attract more than 50,000 people a year to Hastings and be profitable. Dr Napthine, who also has responsibility for major projects and regional cities, said the government was now taking applications for grants from its

HMAS Otama has been on a mooring off Crib Point since it was towed to Western Port in May 2002. The Oberon association paid the Navy $50,000 for the submarine. It cost $310,000 for towing, $96,000 for insurance, and $40,000 for cleaning and EPA approval. The money came from a $500,000 Centenary of Federation grant. The association has used its own funds to pay for mooring, maintenance and setting up a temporary museum and maritime memorial centre in the former BP administration centre at Crib Point, near where the sub is moored. Rust is eating away at the sub’s outer hull, although not its crucial 25-millimetre thick pressure hull. The association attracted worldwide interest in November 2008 when it advertised Otama on eBay for $4.9 million. It received four genuine offers including one from a group aiming to restore it for use as a drug-smuggling submarine. Otama was built in 1973 and launched by Princess Anne on 3 December 1975. The Princess, formal sponsor of Otama, has shown great interest in the project and flew over the sub in October 2003. The Princess has shown interest in opening the centre. An Oberon class submarine, Otama weighs 2000 tonne, is 90 metres long, carried 63 submariners and had a range of 9000 nautical miles and a submerged speed of 17 knots. Otama is intact and missing only its torpedoes and the system used to fire them..

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Murder most foul in Mt Eliza The gruesome case of William Hastings By Cameron McCullough This story is from numerous newspaper reports at the time. In many cases, the language used has been left unchanged to best relay the mood and writing style of the era. WHEN Ann Hastings went missing on December 1, 1876, suspicion immediately fell on her husband, William Hastings. Hastings, a 41-year-old labourer, lived with his family at Mt Eliza, and on the day in question, his wife headed to Schnapper Point (Mornington) to purchase supplies. Her husband followed their two sons to a school at Frankston, but did not return to his home until 6 the next morning. The statements made by Hastings to police as to where he spent the night and his replies to queries about his wife were considered contradictory, and in some instances were alleged to be untrue. It was thought he was connected with his wife’s disappearance, especially as she had not been accustomed to receiving uniform kindness from him. Gradually suspicions were excited among the residents and the local police that the missing woman had met with foul play, and that she had been murdered by her husband. Bands of people turned out and assisted the police to search the country, and continued to do so for about a week without obtaining any clue to unravel the mystery. The mysterious disappearance of Ann Hastings was solved 11 days later when her lifeless and mutilated body was found in a paddock on the farm of Mr Grice, near Mt Eliza. The gruesome discovery was made by the children of a labourer named Martin, who were drawn to where it

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lay by the smell arising from its decomposition. The paddock in which the body was found was near the beach, about two miles from the Hastings’ house, and one mile and a half from Mornington. On being examined, the body was found to be bruised all over, and the head was battered both in front and behind. A piece of the deceased woman’s hat had been knocked inside the skull as with a hammer. The body was removed by the police to Mornington, and Senior Constable Boyle telegraphed the information to Mr Candler, the district coroner, who had signified his intention to hold an inquest on the body. William Hastings, the husband, had been kept under surveillance by the police, and on the finding of the body he was arrested on suspicion of having committed the murder. There was at the time no direct evidence against him, but since his arrest an axe stained with blood and with human hair upon it had been found near his house. Although the house had been searched carefully, the prisoner’s working suit had not been found. Detectives Williams and Considine were despatched from Melbourne to investigate the case, and, if found necessary, two black trackers were to be sent for to lend assistance. The inquest At the inquest on the body of Anne Hastings, 20 witnesses were examined, the first being Dr Neild, who stated that the post-mortem examination showed the cause of death to be fracture of the skull, inflicted by such an axe as the one found in the prisoner’s house. All the bones of the skull were completely smashed in, and death must have been instantaneous. William Hastings jnr, son of the

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murdered woman and the prisoner, and 13 years of age, and Eliza Hastings, their daughter, 15 years old, both gave evidence, but it was not important, and differed in no material respect from the statements made by them previously. William Johnson, analytical chemist, deposed that he had examined the shirt of the prisoner, which had been washed, but carelessly. There were numerous stains which, under the microscope, proved to be human blood. He had also examined a pocket knife, a heavy axe, several flooring boards, a piece of a print dress, and a dirty towel, which were all stained with human blood. He had, in company with the police and two black trackers, searched the paddock in the vicinity where the body was found, and found stains of blood on the fences, leading to the conclusion that the body had been carried through them. At the end of the proceedings, a verdict of wilful murder was returned against the accused. The trial The trial of William Hastings began in the Central Criminal Court on February 26 on the charge of murdering his wife on December 1, 1876. Eliza Hastings, a girl about 16 years of age, the daughter of the prisoner, gave evidence that her father had had criminal intercourse with her since she was nine years of age. Her mother knew of it; but there had never been any quarrelling about it in her presence. John Hastings, son of the prisoner, a boy about 10 years of age, gave evidence as to his frequently bleeding from the nose at night. A number of other witnesses were examined, including Mr Johnson, the analytical chemist, who repeated the evidence he gave at the inquest. The case was circumstantially clear against the prisoner. One of the witnesses deposed: “I was present at an occurrence between the prisoner and his wife on the 26th May last. I saw the prisoner leaning up against the post of my gate, between my place and Mr William Davey’s yard, and I saw Mrs Hastings come in the direction from her own house. I did not know her at the time. She said, “Well Bill, you’re here still, I see”. He

said “Yes”. She continued “You have not been home for a week, and me and my poor little children have been for three days on one crust of bread. Bill, could you have the heart to serve me like this?” He turned round and said “You – I’ll cook you some of these days,” and the poor woman went away crying. At the conclusion of the evidence, Mr O’Loghlen, who acted as Crown prosecutor, addressed the jury, counsel for the defence having intimated that it was not intended to call evidence on the prisoner’s behalf. The defence Mr Purves, who appeared for the defence, commenced his address to the jury, and in a speech lasting over three

The idea that the prisoner could do all these things in the time was one that “exceeded the wildest dream of the most imaginative novelist”. hours pointed out to them all that he could urge in his client’s favour. He argued that the nature of the country between Hastings’ house and the place where the body of the murdered woman was found was of such a rough character that it was physically impossibile for him to have removed the body during the time in which the Crown case assumed he had done it, namely, between about 11pm, when he was last seen at Davey’s Hotel, in Frankston, and six or seven in the morning, when he was seen by the witness Adam Orange lying asleep in the ti-tree scrub on the road leading from Frankston to his own hut. In a short space of time he would have to take the body to the spot where it was discovered, and lay it out as it was found. It was strange, too, that the prisoner should have chosen an open spot in which to expose the remains of his victim, as there were plenty of secluded places where he might have

disposed of them. Then he would have to get rid of his clothes, as they could not have escaped being stained with blood, to wash his hut free from all traces of the murder, and get to the top of the hill where he was passed in the morning by Orange, and simulate sleep. The idea that the prisoner could do all these things in the time was one that “exceeded the wildest dream of the most imaginative novelist”. As to the fact of the prisoner being found asleep under the ti-tree, there was nothing more natural than that he should be discovered in such a position after having been drunk the night before. Another fact in the prisoner’s favor was that the trousers he had worn, which must have been as much saturated with blood as his shirt, had never been produced, and it had never been attempted to show that he had destroyed them. His two sons had been at home the whole night, and if the prisoner had shown by his own appearance that anything unusual had occurred, or if he had changed his clothes, or cleaned up the house, they must have seen it, and if the floor was not washed that night, then they must have seen the blood. The theory had been set up that the prisoner had murdered his wife behind the door of their bedroom, and that he had scraped the floor in order to remove the traces of the blood. The scraping of the floor, however, was easy of explanation, it being due to the fact that the door itself was difficult to open, and caused the abrasion of the boards. Between the time of the disappearance of the deceased woman and the discovery of her body there was an interval of 11 days, during which the prisoner was subjected to a great amount of questioning suspicion. In fact, he was hunted down, every man’s hand being against him. Some people went so far as to tell him that they thought he was guilty of killing his wife. Had he been guilty, he would have been satisfied with the first story he told, but as a fact he gave substantially the same account right through. The trap that was laid for the prisoner by Constable Kelly was most unjustifiable. He had pretended that he was going to search in the vicinity of the coal hole, and the prisoner at once consented to go with him; Kelly knowing at the same time that the deceased women’s body had already been found. The witness Baxter, who met them, remarked that he presumed they were going to look at the body, and when they did go to where the remains were, what did the prisoner do when he saw the body? He wept. The action was one that was most natural, and one of the most hard to simulate under any circumstances. Mr Purves then went on to argue that there was no absolute certainty in the blood tests that were used by the analytical chemists. The only proof of the existence of human blood had been in regard to the boards in the hut, and the spots found there were in all probability caused by the bleeding nose of the prisoner’s youngest son, there being no trace of such a quantity of blood as must have flowed from wounds such as those which the deceased woman was found to have sustained. As for the blood on the axe, it could not be decided by the analyst whether

it was human blood or dog’s blood. He concluded by saying that the case for the prosecution depended solely on circumstantial evidence, and that there were numerous instances on record in which convictions based on such evidence had been afterwards found to have been wrong, and all that could be said of the case for the prosecution in this instance was that it was consistent with the prisoner’s guilt, there being no direct evidence that he was the guilty person. The judge sums up the case Judge Fellows then summed up the case to the jury. He recalled the witness Adam Orange, who in answer to questions from his Honour stated that on the morning of December 2, when he observed the prisoner sleeping in the ti-tree on the Red-hill, the latter had on a pair of trousers, a white shirt, and a hat. The shirt produced was not the same. His Honour then went on to point out that the case was one in which the evidence was purely of a circumstantial character, and the jury must therefore carefully weigh the facts of the case, giving due consideration to those that would go in favour of the prisoner’s innocence as well as those which pointed to him as being the murderer. The first point was whether a murder had been committed at all, and then whether the prisoner was the guilty party. One part of the defence had been that the injuries to the head of the deceased had been caused by horses kicking her after death, and it was also suggested that the fractures were caused by the sticks used in raising the body by the persons who found it. It was for the jury, however, to say if there was any such foundation for such suggestions and if there was there would then be an end to the case. If

there was not, then, they must consider who had committed the murder. They had heard the evidence of witnesses as to the nature of the country over which Hastings would have had to pass in carrying the body from his hut to where it was afterwards found, and they must consider whether he had time enough to do it. The next question was the different accounts which the prisoner gave to various people as to his actions about the time when his wife disappeared. The fact he gave false accounts was one which must lead the jury to consider whether he had something to conceal. His Honour then went on to point out the various contradictory statements made by the prisoner relative to the money his wife had with her when, as he said, she left her home. To some he said she had a £10 note, while he had told others that she had only a half sovereign and a shilling. Then again he had told one witness that the only thing that she had about her which could be identified was a purse, while it was shown that the purse she was in the habit of carrying was found subsequently in a box in the hut. As to the motive for the crime, his Honour said that it was not necessary to establish one in any case, as it is well known that murders had been committed for the most paltry motives, even to gain possession of a few pounds; but at the same time, where there was apparently no motive it would go far in a prisoner’s favour, while on the other hand, if a motive was proved; there would be the more reason for arriving at the conclusion that the accused prisoner was guilty. The motive imputed in this case was the fear of improper intimacy with his daughter being exposed, and evidence

had been given as to quarrels which took place relative to the girl returning home. There were also other facts that had to be considered, namely, the blood found on the back of the axe and on rails of the fences over which the prisoner was supposed to have passed. An important point was whether the blood on the axe was human blood or that of a dog. There was, however, no evidence to connect a dog with the case. There was also the fact of the prisoner saying he was the last man to see his wife alive, and that it was no use looking for her body in Cole’s paddock, as she would be found towards Schnapper Point. If the prisoner was the last man to see his wife, who was it that murdered her? And how was it that he knew where her remains would be found? The jury must carefully consider the whole facts of the case, and if they could reconcile them with the prisoner’s innocence, they must give him the benefit of any doubts they might have. If, on the other hand, they thought the circumstances pointed to his guilt, they must convict him. The verdict The jury then retired, and after an

Mr Castieau went at once to the condemned cell, and communicated the decision to the prisoner. Hastings received the information as if it had been expected by him, in a cool and collected manner, and when asked if he he had anything to say, he simply replied in the negative. On being visited later in the evening by Mr Castieau, he took occasion to again assert that he was innocent of the murder of his wife and of incest with his daughter. The execution William Hastings, who was tried and convicted before Mr Justice Fellows, for the murder of his wife, was executed on March 14, 1877 within the precincts of Melbourne Gaol. With the circumstances of the crime for which Hastings suffered the last penalty of the law, the public were fully familiar. The murder was one of the most mysterious and diabolical that Victorian criminal annals furnish, and of the guilt of the wretched man, no dispassionate reader of the evidence adduced at the trial could have the slightest doubt. His constant assertions of innocence, therefore, could only be looked upon as another instance of the reckless hardihood which many criminals

He said “you need not look for any mercy on this side of the grave. Use the short time left ... on earth in pleading for the forgiveness of Heaven”. absence of four hours and five minutes returned a verdict of guilty. The prisoner, on being asked if he had anything to say, remained silent, and his Honour, in passing sentence of death, told Hastings that he had been found guilty of murdering one whom he was bound to have protected. He said “you need not look for any mercy on this side of the grave. Use the short time left him on earth in pleading for the forgiveness of Heaven”. The prisoner said at the close, “I am quite an innocent man before God and man.” He was then removed from the dock, and the court adjourned. Mercy? At an executive meeting, the case of William Hastings, was considered. After a careful examination of the circumstances, the Governor-in-Council decided that the case was not one for the exercise of the prerogative of mercy, and that the law should be allowed to take its course. The execution was set to take place in Melbourne Gaol on Wednesday, March 14, 1877. The decision of the executive was forwarded by the under secretary to Mr Castieau, governor of the gaol.

have displayed even on the scaffold. Since the conviction of Hastings, he was assiduously attended by the Reverends Caton and Long, Church of England clergymen, to which denomination he professed to belong. His conduct since receiving his sentence was of a quiet and impassive character, but he listened with apparent respect to the admonitions of the clergymen. He, however, always maintained his innocence of the crime of which he was convicted, even when all hope of a reprieve must have disappeared from his mind. His appetite whilst in gaol was very good, and he evinced an apathy regarding his approaching end which showed the stoic character of the man. On the night prior to his execution he slept well, and when his breakfast of hominy was brought to him, he requested that it should be exchanged for a little white bread, a request which was complied with at once. The clergymen were with the culprit from the time he awoke, and remained reading to him and praying until the last moment. At 10am the sheriff and under-sheriff presented themselves at the door

of the cell to receive the convict. At the same time Gately the executioner emerged from a cell opposite to that where the condemned man was, carrying in his hands the straps used for pinioning, and proceeded to pinion him. A few moments later he was led on to the drop. He seemed to feel his position; nevertheless he stood firm and erect. The rope being adjusted, Mr Castieau, governor of the gaol put the question, “William Hastings, have you anything to say.” He replied “No, nothing more than I have already stated”. Gately then pulled the cap over Hastings’ face, and again looked to the arrangement of the rope. He then stepped back and the clergyman proceeded with the service for the dead. In another instant the bolt was drawn, and the soul of William Hastings was launched into eternity, there to be judged by its Maker. Death must have been instantaneous; no movement whatever (other than the swaying of the body), was observed by any one of the spectators. In accordance with the provisions of the act, the body remained hanging for one hour, when it was taken down and removed to a cell in another part of the prison. The inquest At 12pm a jury was empanelled to hold an inquest. The jury viewed the body and returned to hear Mr Castieau, the governor, who gave evidence of having been present at the trial and heard sentence of death passed. He produced the warrant of commitment, together with the death warrant, also certificate of death, the latter signed by a number of the spectators of the execution. He identified the body as that of William Hastings, who had suffered death that morning in the gaol. The senior warden gave corroborative evidence of the identity of the body and certified to having witnessed the execution. The coroner read over the evidence and the jury returned a verdict in accordance therewith. A reporter wrote: “We may here state that on viewing the body, the face presented all the appearance of one who had died a quiet peaceful death, it was calm and placid as though in a sound sleep.” William Hastings had drawn up a statement, wherein he asserted his innocence, which was given to the governor of the gaol, who immediately handed it over to the sheriff. The reporters were not allowed to peruse this document, however the governor of the gaol gave assurances that there was nothing of interest in the document.

Star witness: Adam Orange ADAM Orange was born in America about 1812. He was an AfricanAmerican who appears to have arrived with the Liardet family in 1839 as their servant. The Liardets built and lived in the Ballam Park homestead (Frankston), which stands today. Orange later become the cook at the Pier ‘Brighton on the Beach’ Hotel at Liardet Beach, Sandridge (now Port Melbourne). Evidence points to him being the first African-American in the Port Phillip District (now Victoria). Josephine Liardet (daughter of Wilbraham and Caroline) later wrote: “We had an American coloured man as a cook, his name was Adam Orange, he used to bring down a barrow and take what fish he wanted to cook for supper [for the Pier Hotel], and next morning’s breakfast.”

It seems that Orange accompanied the family to Frankston and later settled there independently after they left. He was called as a witness in the trial of William Hastings, who was tried in March 1877 for the murder of his wife Ann between Frankston and Schnapper Point (now called

Mornington) in December 1876. Hastings had spent most of the day drinking at William Davey’s Hotel in Frankston and at his subsequent trial, Adam Orange “deposed giving [the] prisoner a glass of beer. He saw him knocking about all day half drunk”. This implies that Orange was working as a barman in the hotel. After some years working as Frankston’s first official gardener, Orange died of bronchitis and heart disease in the Gipps Ward Hospital, East Melbourne, on 9 December 1889, aged 77. He had never married and his parentage was unknown. Once rumoured to be buried on the grounds of Ballam Park, his remains lie in an unmarked public grave in the Melbourne General Cemetery. Source: The Families of Ballam Park Homestead by Andrew Gaynor Mornington News 8 September 2011

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Gradually coming to my Census By Stuart McCullough YEARS ago, we were filling in forms. It may have been for health insurance or to become a member of the local video shop – I really can’t remember. In actual fact the use of the plural ‘we’ may be stretching it. To be more precise, Kate was filling forms that contained a range of questions. I guess that, after a time, a person can know you almost better than you know yourself and it’s just as easy to let them answer. One question, however, was blank. It was left undisturbed on the basis that I, and only I, could give an honest and accurate answer. That question was, to put it in ‘Roxanne’ terms: have I ever put on the red light? That this question should give rise to even slightest pause may mean I have not sufficiently explained myself. Granted, it’s one that for a whole range of reasons – politeness being only one of them – seldom arises. Rarely, if ever, has someone asked me during the course of casual conversation whether or not I have ever been a ‘lady of the night’. Just to be clear, while I have seen Pretty Woman several times, I have never been ‘Pretty Woman’. My eventual response of ‘no comment’ was driven by a sense of

indignity and a belief that such information is not wholly relevant to whether or not I should be able to rent Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants and five weeklies for 10 dollars. A few weeks ago, we had Census night. There’s something kind of glorious about the entire nation having the same piece of homework to do. Of the 60 or so questions, not one of them asked whether I had ever sold my body for cash. It did, however, refer to our house as a ‘dwelling’, which seems a little harsh. In a strange way, the Census divides your life into five-yearly chunks. Last Census, I was living much as I am now. Had I kept a copy, I could have simply resubmitted

it. Go back a further five years, however, and I was living in Brisbane. I have no recollection of filling in a Census form while I was there but would probably still have been offended by the word ‘dwelling’. Certainly, the place could have done with a tidy up, but it was nothing that a better filing system and a little Spray ’n’ Wipe couldn’t cure. Five years further still and ‘dwelling’ would have been a generous description. ‘Shelter’ might have been more accurate. Back then I was living in Prahran in a house that was on the last of its last legs. The building had a slight lean and you could see clear through the floorboards to the dirt below. I

shared the house with a friend and an inexhaustible quantity of mice. I was working in a bookstore and just beginning to find my feet. Had I started this process by looking at the end of my legs, it would, of course, have been a much quicker process. But instead I seemed hellbent on searching everywhere other than the obvious. I can’t recall filling in the Census form there either, so I suspect my housemate Marcus may well have done the honours. What I do remember about that time is that there were a bunch of us living within a couple of blocks and we’d catch up at the pub from time to time. Back then, I didn’t think too much of it, never realising that people in-

evitably scatter to the wind. Stepping back a further five years and I was at university, living in a share house in Clayton. There were two other students and I can recall the three of us sitting around the kitchen table trying to complete the form. More than anything, I remember that house as being cold. The kitchen, in particular, was like an inverted refrigerator much of the time, and fog would often form in front of your lips when you spoke, like a cartoon speech bubble. Completing our Census would have been one of the very first adult things any of us had done. At that time, a life outside that house and that kitchen seemed difficult to comprehend. It was my first time living in house with people who weren’t my family. Living in a share house is an art. It is a skill that is learned through years of practice. Back then I was a complete and utter novice. One of my housemates was a deeply religious fellow who took down a picture of Paul Kelly on the grounds that he ‘looked Satanic’. While I gravely doubt that Paul has ever dabbled in the dark arts, I thought the best way to respond to this was to colour the eyes of the picture with whiteout and draw horns on it. Tearing down was now

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no longer enough, and the picture was torn up instead. Being the diplomatic soul that I was, I used words to bridge this growing divide. Specifically, I wrote a short story and submitted to a National Radio Competition entitled ‘Housemates from Hell’. It was, apparently broadcast with no small amount of fanfare. While I didn’t hear it, several members of my housemate’s church most certainly did and staged an ‘intervention’ at our house and I was the subject. A lot can happen in five years. It can bring unimagined joys and unfathomable disappointment. In many regards, five years may be too infrequent – it makes me think of all the momentous events that have come and gone in that time. There was the seven-room share house in St Kilda and the tiny one-bedroom flat in Grosvenor Street that was little more than a linen cupboard with windows. I’d even say it was a ‘dwelling’. Most of all, it makes me think about who I was at these various points in time. Filling in my Census form, Pretty Woman playing in the background, I’d tell my earlier self not to worry so much. Things turn out regardless. www.stuartmccullough.com

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Entertainment SYDNEY rock music historian Glenn A Baker has been a music journalist, commentator and broadcaster for many years, and branched into travel writing in the early 1990s. The manager and founder of rock group Ol ’55, Glenn was the Australian editor of Billboard for more than 20 years and is known for his prodigious knowledge of rock music. He won the inaugural Australian Travel Writer of the Year in 1995 and again in 2000. Glenn has visited more than 100 countries and has transported readers around the globe to the most remote locations with vivid, humorous and insightful travel writing. New Holland Books has published Best of Baker: Travel, a collection of his experiences over the past 25 years covering experiences on all seven continents with all antennae waving, from the frigid edge of the North Pole to the steamy heart of primitive jungles. Glenn takes readers on a journey from the Berlin Wall to Iceland, Bohemia’s castles, the Cook Islands, Zanzibar, Bulgaria’s humour museum and into Egyptian sandstorms. His writing has appeared in hundreds of publications internationally, including many inflight journals.

sic Bowl on Saturday 12 November. Steely Dan and Steve Winwood team up for a concert at Rod Laver Arena on 27 October and at Rochford Winery on 29 October. www.frontiertouring.com Dolly Parton sings at Rod Laver Arena in November and John Farnham has already sold out five concerts at the Palais Theatre. John Waters will bring his popular show Looking Through a Glass Onion to Crown Casino in October. www. johnwaters.com.au Roxette has reformed and play Rod Laver Arena next February. Daryl Hall and John Oates with support band Icehouse will play Plenary Theatre and Rochford Winery in February. In theatre news, the Production Company presents Grey Gardens at The Playhouse, Arts Centre, in November and December. www.theproductioncompany.com.au

His influence on Australian culture – particularly music, travel and media – is indisputable. Best of Baker: Travel is $29.95 from bookstores. www.glennabaker.com

www.newholland.com.au *** TOURS continue to hit Australian shores with Grammy Award winner k d lang performing at Sidney Myer Mu-

Top 10 albums 1 White Heat: 30 Hits – Icehouse (Universal) 2 Aztecs Live at Sunbury – Aztecs (Aztec Music) 3 Looking Through a Glass Onion – John Waters (MGM)

ply “Have you allowed for ‘the clueless factor’?” My favourite question? “Why are our soldiers in Afghanistan?” *** HAVE we all recovered from this global financial crisis? Is that the old GFC or the threat of GFC2? How about those financial advisers who failed to see the first coming? The bottomless pit of greed. Well, all those fraudulent so-called experts are back, knowing all, seeing all the indicators, advising us with as much certainty as before the GFC. “The clueless factor” or tarot cards? Just as effective. Ditto spaghetti alla carbonara. On finances I oppose two lines of thought. The first is the idea of topping up your super fund. They will say they had a bad year, but it’s still the best investment going. I say let the super take its normal course and bank any spare cash at call. Unless of course you’re eligible to cash it in within five years. The second is the idea of paying more on your mortgage than the agreed rate. They will say you can always withdraw it if in trouble. I say keep it at the agreed rate. Banks change rules overnight. Bank any spare cash. Call the difference insurance. You disagree. I know.

*** WHEN all appears lost, the angel of hope springs forth. Our delightful Governor-General Quentin Bryce has accepted an invitation to be patron-in-chief of a new charity called Entertainment Assist. It’s for performers suffering from “post-show blues”. Hey, that’s me! Where are the application forms? I’m in. Will Centrelink find out? *** MANY of us go through the early stages of adult life after school wondering about our sense of worth, the fear of not being good enough, of people finding out that we are frauds; our inadequacies on show. Being in the acting caper for 40 years, I’ve seen a lot first-hand, myself included. It’s common to all walks of life of course. Doctors, psychologists, even real estate agents. Some so talented they never realise it, others not worth a bumper believing they are the ant’s pants, particularly actors. Round and round the merry-go-round goes. The answer? Forget it; human nature. Be happy with your best. *** A COLAC truckie leads 30 trucks on a 450-kilometre journey to Canberra

where 11 convoys across the nation join them in protest against the Labor government. “It’s costing me thousands of dollars,” he said. Seemingly a no-confidence showing against everything? No specifics, generalisations calling for the Governor-General to “immediately dissolve the 43rd parliament”. What motivates them? Particularly the Colac chap who has witnessed a Victorian change of government for almost a year now. I can understand their worries but do they really believe all will be sublime under a Liberal government? No carbon tax, no fuel tax, no Greens, no live exports, no GST increase? Perhaps no Herald Sun would help. *** THE AFL. Where do we start? God’s showpiece of behavioural purity. We don’t have enough of our share of wankers; we must add the likes of a number of football reporters overflowing with oodles of said purity? No smoking, no bad language, but plenty of beer on tap from large plastic cups at exorbitant prices; gambling on tap and free food for the press. But keep it clean. “Football is about family.” Yeah, those who can afford it. I’ll have to stop. I’m choking.

with Gary Turner 4 Nothing But the Beat – David Guetta 5 Roxette Hits – Roxette 6 I’m With You – Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Warner) 7 Bad Machines – Shane Nicholson (Liberation) 8 Daddy Who? Daddy Cool – Daddy Cool (Sony) 9 Better Day – Dolly Parton (Universal) 10 Modern Days – Markus Meier. Top 5 books 1 Human Headlines My 50 Years in Media – Derryn Hinch 2 Brave – Mark Whittaker (Pan Macmillan) 3 Best of Baker Travel – Glenn A Baker (New Holland) 4 Seriously … I’m Kidding – Ellen DeGeneres (HarperCollins) 5 Australian Wine Companion 2012 – James Halliday (Hardie Grant).

A Grain of Salt COMPLAINTS in the past two weeks, like the increase in tip fees and the $300,000 plus for our shire CEO, the bow tie man. Kindly take the time to write to your local newspaper, thereby leaving me to drink my coffee in peace. I do not do local news. Poverty or death, whichever arrives first. *** HERE I stand on Mount Kosciuszko 7300 feet above sea level. I see unlimited space. Down below is the entire population of the world, including all those special people who understand world finances. “Greece is in trouble”, they may say; likewise Italy, Spain. “If they go bust we’re all in trouble.” “Tell me more?” I reply. But they can’t, because they, we, all of us haven’t a clue. “Something to do with re-mortgaging houses”, they add, hoping to convey microscopic knowledge translated to Double Dutch. “What’s your take on carbon tax?” I ask. Some for, some against, but almost all not a clue including our politicians, which is nothing new. I therefore launch “the clueless factor” as the be-all and end-all explanation. If it’s world finances, carbon, boat people, cancer or psychiatry served up to me as knowledge without explanation, I shall re-

with Cliff Ellen “With a few rare exceptions ... sportswriters are a kind of rude and brainless subculture of fascist drunks whose only real function is to publicise and sell whatever the sports editor sends them out to cover.” (Hunter S Thompson) Our Melbourne sportswriters remind me of the seagulls at Manly Beach with the football coaches represented by the fish and chips. God help a good coach without a talented player list. *** BHP Billiton has brought out a new set of rules for office staff and Channel 9, in reporting this on the news, interviewed a “space lady”, whatever that is, who said, “An uncluttered office means an uncluttered mind”. The woman gets paid for this earth-shattering conclusion? Hasta la vista. cliffie9@bigpond.com

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Absolutely fabulous leader of spring hopefuls MICHAEL Kent has four-year-old mare Absolutely right on the mark for an assault on the $2.5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) on 15 October. The winner of the Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick last autumn, Absolutely resumed with a slashing fifth behind former Kiwi King’s Rose in the Group 2 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Over the years the Memsie Stakes has proven to be a reliable guide to Melbourne’s feature races in spring and Absolutely’s effort indicated she would follow that pattern. Others to come under notice in the Memsie were Red Colossus, Rekindled Interest, Precedence and Linton. The Greg Eurell-trained Red Colossus, which finished third in the Memsie, also seems set to fly the flag for Cranbourne. The five-year-old looked in brilliant health and has obviously thrived since his last run in May, giving every indication he will be highly competitive in the handicaps coming up. Another Cranbourne representative – Rekindled Interest – confirmed his impressive first-up effort at Flemington when he finished fourth just in front of Absolutely. The winner of the AAMI Vase (2040m) at Moonee Valley last spring, Rekindled Interest will be a legitimate chance in the Cox Plate if trainer Jim Conlan decides to head that way.

Taking a line through the Memsie, the Lloyd Williams-owned Linton, who finished strongly in the straight, could also be a serious Cox Plate threat. Although only lightly raced, Linton has proven his quality with a series of top class performances and judging by his appearance at Caulfield, the Cox Plate could be well within his grasp. Australian racing icon Bart Cummings also seems destined to walk away with some of the big prizemoney on offer over the next three months. Cummings, who has an incredible 12 Melbourne Cups to his credit, has Precedence ticking along nicely for the first Tuesday in November. A proven stayer, Precedence has developed and matured since last season and his first-up sixth in the Memsie indicates the best is still to come. While the Memsie was the feature event at Caulfield, there were numerous other horses who caught the eye. Cranbourne trainer Ken Keys has the even-reliable Status Symbol going as well as ever. A stakes winner at Flemington last spring, the six-year-old was unlucky when a first-up second ($17) to the Aldersons’ Miss Bindi in heat 1

of the Sprint Series. Underrated Simply Put had excuses when down the track on resumption, but never stopped trying when third behind the in-form Little Tycoon and is worth following in similar company at her next start. Cranbourne mare Ocean Challenger and Mark Kavanagh’s Midnight Martini who finished on the heels of Simply Put and are also worthy of an investment over the next few weeks. Euroa-based trainer David Hayes may have found himself another classic winner in Cross Of Gold. A strik-

ing individual by Redoute’s Choice, Cross Of Gold hit the line powerfully when runner-up behind the speedy Golden Archer and will continue to get better as he steps up in distance. Staying bred Tanby has been brought along quietly by trainer Robert Hickmott and that patience is likely to pay dividends this spring judging by the five-year-old’s fast finishing third behind the emerging Testascana in the National Jockeys Celebration Day Stakes (1700m). Greg Eurell’s Lakedro and David Brideoake’s I’m Jake also hit the line

with gusto and will be winning in the near future. Others to catch the eye at Caulfield were Testa My Patience, Rightfully Yours, Lucky Eighty Eight, and Luen Yat Forever while at Sandown on Sunday I was taken with the performances of Candy Stripes, Hi Belle, Sassy Bay, Excluded and Savoy. Best: Cross Of Gold Spring fever in the air: Kiwi King’s Rose flashes to the front to win the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. Picture: Slickpix

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Who’s who at VFL VFL teams in season 2011 and their AFL affiliates in brackets (in ladder order). Port Melbourne Williamstown (Western Bulldogs) North Ballarat (North Melbourne) Casey Scorpions (Melbourne) Werribee Tigers (North Melbourne) Northern Bullants (Carlton) Bendigo Bombers (Essendon’s reserves) Box Hill Hawks (Hawthorn) Geelong Sandringham (St Kilda) Coburg Tigers (Richmond) Collingwood Frankston

Leap into a new era By Mike Hast FRANKSTON Dolphins have had an unforgettable season, but life off field is on the up with the first steps made this week toward starting its $3 million function centre. The club, which won just two games, will see construction start in June and be finished in March 2013. The project will transform the club, which has resolutely stood alone since 2000 when most VFL sides aligned with AFL clubs. Club stalwart Bryan Mace is excited about the future. “We’re on the pinnacle of good things happening,” he told The Times. “We had our first proper meeting with [Frankston] council the other day” to plan the new centre, which will replace the ageing social club. Cash for the project comes from the state government ($1.5 million), AFL and VFL ($500,000), Frankston Council ($500,000) and a

Tough times on the field THE Dolphins won 11 games in 2006, six in 2007 and 10 in 2008, finishing in seventh spot and winning an elimination final against Coburg, but losing to Williamstown by a point in the semi-final. Former Melbourne great Brett Lovett was at the helm for these seasons. Shannon Grant took the team to just three wins in 2009 and top players left in droves at season’s

Dolphins loan of $500,000, with the council going guarantor. The centre will replace the existing social club, but be much larger. It will be used as a meeting venue for service clubs and other community groups as well as for social events, helping to guarantee the financial viability of the Dolphins. Mr Mace said a committee was working on where to locate the Dolphins’ social events and the club’s 27 poker machines during construction. He said the pokies were “better than raffles”. “The council has said they can’t build around us so we’ll have to find a temporary base.” The club has been doing it tough financially since the grandstand burnt down on 13 February 2008, just three years after the council spent $1.2 million refurbishing it. “The fire cost us at least $40,000 in lost revenue that year,” Mr Mace end. Good judges said the Dolphin spirit went missing that year. In 2010 Mornington Peninsula goalkicking legend and former Dolphin player Simon Goosey accepted the tough task of rebuilding without high-priced recruits. The club brought in young players with the ambition of creating a team capable of competing against the AFL-aligned clubs. The Dolphins won just a single game, but the spirit returned. In October the state government promised $1.5 million for the longawaited function centre.

said. “We’d just signed up some high-priced recruits” and gate takings fell dramatically with the loss of the grandstand. On field the club had a good year in 2008 despite the nay-sayers who said the fire would affect the it. Then things started to fall apart. It was a combination of events; Bryan Mace would not apportion blame, being a club loyalist, but it’s common knowledge the club was disappointed when Brett Lovett left after three relatively good years. His successor Shannon Grant and the Dolphins were a mismatch, and they severed ties after just one season. The process of rebuilding the grandstand dragged out. Attendances at games stayed low. Cold winters in 2010 and this year cut deep. “There’s only so many people who are happy to lean on the fence and watch a game,” Mr Mace said. The rebuilt grandstand was ofThis season has been another tough one for the Dolphins with just two wins, but the young team showed flashes of brilliance. Coach Goosey, who played 49 Dolphins games from 1992-94 before breaking all goalkicking records in the MPNFL with Mornington, which he also coached to four flags, and Dromana, said during the year: “We’ve probably got the best 18 to 22-year-old list.” For season 2012, the club will retain its philosophy of recruiting young players from the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston re-

ficially opened in November 2010. Speculation about St Kilda moving to Frankston Park muddied the waters, with the council at one stage offering the Saints the grandstand site for a training and social centre. Last October, Sports Minister James Merlino promised the Dolphins $1.5 million for the longawaited clubhouse and function centre. Just over a month later the Brumby Labor government was defeated by the Ted Baillieu-led coalition, but the promise was carved in stone. Then the AFL/VFL and Frankston Council came to the party. With the future of the VFL likely to see more stand-alone clubs, the Dolphins will be well placed to top the stellar years. It’s not preposterous to imagine a premiership flag hoisted up the flagpole in front of the new function centre some time this decade. gion, and continue to avoid paying big money for AFL retirees who often “just circulate”, in the words of Bryan Mace. “However, we’ll recruit a couple of leaders, senior blokes who can hold down centre half-forward and centre half-back,” he said. Mr Mace said the club would continue to rely on the loyal support of about a dozen corporate sponsors. “Graham Quarries have been sponsors for as long as I can remember. Other strong backers include Superpages and Joe Russo of Core Health Club.”

Gulls rise to the occasion MORNINGTON Seagull’s Soccer Club will move up to State League division 2 next year following a gutsy 3-2 come-from-behind win against the Waverley Wanderers in the third-last round of the season. After missing out on promotion by a point last year, Gulls’ coach Adam Jamieson was a relieved man when he spoke to The News. “It was roller coaster of week I tell you, but I am very proud of our performance on Saturday,” Jamieson said. “It was one of the best halves of football I have ever seen.” The Gulls copped a punishing 6-0 hiding against co-leader Kingston City before being 2-0 down at halftime against mid-table Waverley. In front of a home crowd at Dallas Brooks Park the Gulls dug in and produced a three-goal second half with Lee Vallance scoring twice and Cameron Syratt nabbing one. This is the side’s third promotion in four years and vindication for Jamieson who has surely silenced the knockers who said he was too young and inexperienced to coach first class football. Jamieson was mentored at Frankston Pines by respected coach Stan Webster and, like Webster, he gets the best from his players, regardless of their level of ability. Jamieson was messily deposed from Pines in early 2008 after coaching them back into the Premier League the previous year. Along with Pines’ then core playing group, Jamieson reluctantly headed south to Dallas Brooks Park but has not looked back. The controversial decision by the then committee also marked the start of diverging fortunes for the two clubs. In the three and a half years since they parted company, Pines have won less than 10 games and are now headed for the previously unthinkable, the Provisional League. Pines’ impressive nil-all draw against the rampaging Kingston means the Gulls still have a chance at the premiership. Jamieson said while the Gulls won’t be just making up the numbers in next year’s competition, it will take the time to consolidate their remarkable ascension. With a number of quality players nearing retirement, the club will continue to cultivate youth. “We will have a good look around the peninsula for young players who want to commit to the club,” he said. Still in division 3, Peninsula Strikers lost 3-0 to Old Scotch but have enough of a buffer to avoid relegation heading into the final two rounds. It appears Langwarrin has managed to avoid the chop from State League division 1 after two solid wins against Sunshine George Cross and Preston Lions. Langwarrin is three points clear of the relegation zone with a game in hand.

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Stephen Crettenden from the Victoria South East branch of AllClear Leafguard and Gutter can help you with any information by calling 1800 426 607

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'' Local Local service service Keeps birds and vermin out

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0438 389 707

OR FREECALL 1800 426 607 stephen@allclearleafguardvse.com.au FREECALL 1800 426 607 Call Steve 0438 389 707

FREECALL AUSTRALIA WIDE Call for a local representative to give a Free Quote! Call for a local representative to give a Free Quote! 1800 426 607

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